Roman Gold Coins

Roman gold coins are worth their weight in gold and if you didn’t know Romans used gold, silver and copper coins in their monetary system. Gold coins were mainly used by administrators or wealthier merchants. 

The silver and a copper alloy were used by ordinary merchants and the people of Rome and the Roman Empire. People would also often convert their earnings and life savings into gold coins and hide them.

 The gold coin, or ‘Aurei’ as it was called then, was usually around 95 percent pure gold. A legionnaire would earn about 4 a week. One Aurei would buy 400 litres of cheap wine or 200 pounds of flour. Roman gold coins usually had the head of the Emperor or Caesar at the time the coin was struck and most Roman gold coins were struck at the Constantinople Mint. 

There are many issues of coins depicting various Emperors. Most are rare and command a high value well over the value of the gold content. Roman coins are usually weight by gram. They can be from a couple of grams upwards.

Collecting Roman gold coins is very much a specialized activity, one need to ensure that one is dealing with a reputable dealer who knows and understands Roman gold coins. In the field of coin collection or numismatics, Roman gold coin collection is somewhat more specialized.

 You don’t want to miss out on this one time chance to learn more about the gold coins and get to pass the information you got to your children.

If you really are interested in knowing about history you can simply go online and learn more about, there is nothing you can’t find online. And get to look at other different coins that you might think you will benefit from collecting them.

You can visit the Anchor Coins website for quality information on Roman Gold coins

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