1.0Wonderful Thingshttps://blog.soton.ac.uk/wonderfulGold Coin of Augustus - Wonderful Thingsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="45eJEA2R2Z"><a href="https://blog.soton.ac.uk/wonderful/lecture/lecture-18/gold-coin-of-augustus/">Gold Coin of Augustus</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blog.soton.ac.uk/wonderful/lecture/lecture-18/gold-coin-of-augustus/embed/#?secret=45eJEA2R2Z" width="600" height="338" title="“Gold Coin of Augustus” — Wonderful Things" data-secret="45eJEA2R2Z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Roman coins, like this aureus of the emperor Augustus, look deceptively like the coins that we use today. The Romans drew upon monetary traditions established by the Greeks before them to develop a comprehensive linked system of denominational coinage. By the reign of middle of the 1st century AD, millions of coins in gold, silver, brass and bronze were issued …http://blog.soton.ac.uk/wonderful/files/2013/10/WT_Wk9_AugustusGoldCOin_CC-BY-SA-30-300x146.jpg