Ancient Coins: Reading Roman Coins

Welcome back! Roman emperors had on their coins one of the most powerful vectors of propaganda in the ancient world, and they used it to their full extent. Lets explore together how to read the legends, abbreviations and images depicted on roman coins and decipher what messages they wanted to pass.

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As mentioned on the video, here is a series of links with the most common abbreviations, so you can translate the messages on your coins as well:

https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/blog/antique/romaines/comment-identifier-les-monnaies-romaines#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20are%20IMP,it%20has%20nothing%20to%20do.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/abb.html

http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm

https://www.coincommunity.com/ancient-coins/02-reference-guide-moneyers-abbreviations.asp

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