Hadrian — builder of the wall — also produced cistophori (large silver coins) in the provinces, in two distinct phases.

Though modern scholars have learned a great deal about ancient coinage, there are still more mysteries than there are confirmed facts.

Byzantine silver since, generally, is significantly rarer than the gold, electrum, billon or copper coins of that empire.

From the late sixth through the late third centuries B.C., Taras produced one of the most significant and interesting coinages of south Italy.

With a long life filled with some of the most memorable exploits in Greek mythology, Heracles was destined for portrayal on many coins in the Greek world.

When occasional coin shortages occurred in Rome’s Western provinces, unofficial mints operated as private ventures would issue coins to fill in the gaps.

The three mightiest gods of the Romans were Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. Together they comprised what is known as the “Capitoline Triad.”

Among the most popular types of ancient coins are shekels of Tyre, the main silver coinage of a powerful maritime city in ancient Phoenicia.

Among the most familiar symbols of ancient Rome is the she-wolf suckling the infants Romulus and Remus, which harkens back to the origins of Rome.

Coins trace the life and death of Maximian, a trusted friend of emperor Diocletian and eventual co-ruler of the Empire.