Roman Empire

The empire ruled by the ancient city of Rome.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Edessa (Mesopotamia), bronze (Caracalla) (198-217 AD)	Bronze
Stratoniceia, silver, didrachms (Hecate/Zeus Pandaramos) (30 BCE-68 CE)	Silver	20,588 kg
Rhodes, silver, drachms (facing Helios/rose) (30 BCE-100 CE)	Silver	334 kg
Stratoniceia, silver, drachms (Hecate/Nike) (30 BCE-68 CE)	Silver	458 kg
S 1925 - Ephesus (Augustus), silver, cistophori (28 BCE)	Silver	25,757 kg
Pergamum (Augustus), silver, cistophori (27-26 BCE)	Silver	9,979 kg
RQEM ad. 11 - Edessa (Macedon) (Augustus), bronze, asses (27 BCE-14 CE)	Bronze
S 460 - Termessus Minor (Augustus), bronze (Augustus/horse) (27 BCE-14 CE)	Bronze
S 461 - Termessus Minor (Augustus), bronze (Augustus/horse) (27 BCE-14 CE)	Bronze
Ephesus (Augustus), silver, cistophori (Augustus/capricorn carrying cornucopia) (25-20 BCE)	Silver	101,350 kg
Agrigentum (Sissena), bronze, 8g (Augustus/SISENNA in a laurel wreath) (22-21 BCE)	Bronze
Agrigentum (Mussidius), bronze, 8g (Augustus/MVSSIDI in a laurel wreath) (22-21 BCE)	Bronze
Pergamum (Augustus), silver, cistophori (19-18 BCE)	Silver	24,907 kg
S 448 - Messene, bronze, trichalka (10-35 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 13 - Edessa (Macedon) (Tiberius), bronze, asses (14-37 CE)	Bronze
S 463 - Termessus Minor (Tiberius), bronze (Tiberius/horse) (14-37 CE)	Bronze
S 449 - Messene, bronze, hemiobols (30-64 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Titus), sestertii (Colosseum/seated Titus) (RIC II.1, 184 - 80-81 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Hadrian), bronze, sestertii (Hadrian/seated Trajan) (117-118 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 14 - Edessa (Macedon), bronze, dupondii (131-132 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 15 - Edessa (Macedon) (Hadrian), bronze, asses (131-132 CE)	Bronze
S 137 - Cerasus (Antoninus Pius), bronze (138-161 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Antoninus Pius), bronze, sestertii (Diva Faustina/standing Vesta) (141 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Faustina), gold, aurei (Faustina/shrine with elephants) (146-161 CE)	Gold	240,840 kg
Termessus Major, bronze, 8g (bust of Solymos/standing Solymos) (150-225 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 466 - Termessus Major (Pisidia), bronze, middle 2nd-beginning 3rd century		0 kg
S 706 - Paros (Marcus Aurelius), bronze (161-180 CE)	Bronze
S 707 - Paros (Marcus Aurelius), bronze (161-180 CE)	Bronze
S 140 - Cerasus (Marcus Aurelius), bronze (161-180 CE)	Bronze
S 705 - Paros (Marcus Aurelius), bronze (161-180 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Marcus Aurelius - Lucius Verus), silver, denarii (restitution Mark Antony - 165/166 CE)	Silver	4,884 kg
RQEM ad. 16 - Edessa (Macedon) (Marcus Aurelius), bronze, dupondii (171-180 CE)	Bronze
S 348 - Sebaste Phrygia, silver, Médaillon, 197-199 BC	Silver	1,555 kg
RQEM ad. 18 - Edessa (Macedon) (Septimius Severus), bronze, asses (198-211 CE)	Bronze
S 528 - Minoa (pseudo-autonomous), bronze (Dionysus/cantharus) (211-222 CE)	Bronze
S 524 - Minoa (Caracalla), bronze (Caracalla/Tyche) (211-217 CE)	Bronze
S 518 - Aegiale (Caracalla), bronze (Caracalla/Dionysus) (211-217 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 19 - Edessa (Macedon) (Caracalla), bronze, dupondii (212 CE)	Bronze
S 2067 - Orthosia (Caracalla), silver, tetradrachms (215-217 CE)	Silver	4,210 kg
S 2066 - Tripolis (Caracalla), silver, tetradrachms (215-217 CE)	Silver	13,562 kg
S 526 - Minoa (Elagabalus), bronze (Julia Maesa/Apollo) (218-222 CE)	Bronze
S 527 - Minoa (Elagabalus), bronze (Julia Paula/Artemis) (219-220 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 23 - Edessa (Macedon) (Elagabalus), bronze, dupondii (220 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 24 - Edessa (Macedon) (Alexander Severus), bronze, dupondii (222-231 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 25 - Edessa (Macedon) (Maximinus Thrax), bronze, dupondii (235-236 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 26 - Edessa (Macedon) (Gordian III), bronze, dupondii (241-242 CE)	Bronze
RQEM ad. 28 - Edessa (Macedon) (Philip the Arab), bronze, dupondii (244-245 CE)	Bronze
Rome (Aemilian), gold, aurei (Aemilianus/standing Diana) (253 CE)	Gold	2,340 kg
Lugdunum (Postumus), gold, aurei (260-269 CE)	Gold	146,757 kg
Lugdunum (Postumus), gold, quinarii (260-269 CE)	Gold	8,571 kg
Cologne (Laelianus), silver, antoniniani (Laelianus/standing Victory) (269 AD)	Silver	4,162 kg
Mainz (Laelianus), gold, aurei (269 AD)	Gold	2,795 kg
Cologne (Marius), gold, aurei (269 CE)	Gold	8,437 kg
Cologne (Victorinus), gold, aurei (269-271 CE)	Gold	69,854 kg
Cologne (Victorinus), gold, quinarii (269-271 CE)	Gold	2,723 kg
Cologne (Tetricus I), gold, aurei (271-274 CE)	Gold	70,171 kg
Cologne (Tetricus I), gold, quinarii (271-274 CE)	Gold	680 kg
Cologne (Tetricus II), gold, aurei (273-274 CE)	Gold	33,785 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
16701 - Thessalonica (AE Silenus/legend) over uncertain type (Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 c, lot 26)	Bronze	142 BC ^JL
28226 - Tyre (shekel Melkart/eagle) over uncertain type (Solidus Numismatik, 138, Dec. 2024, 1285)	Silver	AD 35 ^JL
3402 - Amphipolis (AE emperor/seated Tyche) over Thessalonica (Janiform head/Dioscuri on horses) (Athens, NM, 1920 IE 86 - Kourempanas 2013)	Bronze	AD 69 ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3134 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (New York Sale, 34, Jan. 2015, 301)		Billon	38 BC ^JL