Abstract

This contribution analyses the most momentous innovations in the history of ancient Roman coinage and proposes to identify them as the following: (a) the introduction of coined silver money around 300 BC, (b) the creation of the denarius system in the Second Punic War, and (c) the introduction of a regular gold coinage under Julius Caesar. These innovations occurred in the pre-imperial era and laid the structural foundations for the currency of the Principate. Additionally, the chapter provides a brief discussion of Roman money before the introduction of coinage and analyses the emergence of banking in Republican Rome.

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