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Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date to reign of Marcus Aurelius
The analysis of the coins shows the earliest was made in about 57 B.C., during the late stages of the Roman Republic when Roman officials were ostensibly elected by popular vote. The latest coins date ...
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Largest collection of Roman coins ever found called ‘the most miraculous’ discovery in ‘the last 100 years’
Most of the coins are silver denarii, minted in Rome and dating from the time of the Roman Republic in 157 BC up to Nero’s reign between AD 54 and AD 68. The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is one ...
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Roman Republican Denarius Coin
This Roman silver denarius coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton, Leicestershire. It has been dated to c. 211 BC, making it ...
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Detectorist finds hoard of Roman silver coins
Four of the coins date to the reign of Marcus Aurelius, who was played by Richard Harris in the first Gladiator film, with the earliest dating from AD166 (above) A hoard of 16 silver Roman coins ...
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Senators infighting caused the breakdown of Roman order
In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens ... This gave him the chance to make lots of money, while his abilities as a general ...