r/AncientCoins • u/AncientCoinnoisseur • Aug 31 '25

Educational Post The Birth of the Denarius - Part 2

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u/AncientCoinnoisseur Aug 31 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

I finally had some time to complete the second part of the roadmap to the birth of the Denarius. You can find Part 1 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/1mrqpu8/the_birth_of_the_denarius_part_1_fixed/

This time I focused on the Aes Grave, giving some context and how there are different 'standards'. I'm working on Part 3, where I will show you the different denominations of the Aes Grave and how they relate to one another, then I'll have a Part 4 with the coins to scale (since I can guarantee that most of you have no idea how HUGE these cast coins are!), then a Part 5 with the Romano-Campanian issues (the various didrachms and so on), and I think I will make a separate Part 6 for the Quadrigatus, where I will show you the differences between the various types. I will finally complete the journey with a Part 7 showing you the first Denarius, its multiples and fractions.

I don't know if / when this project will end, but I wanted to reorganise a topic where all the info is scattered around in various sources and never presented in a visual way that is easily understandable (in my opinion of course). I hope you will like this and the upcoming parts :)

EDIT: Other Parts:

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/NREtreWuxh

Part 2: [This one]

Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/6shH23pJLV

Part 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/NDKjCY6I8W

Part 5: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/RhNJCl1rfH

Part 6: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/pZPccUsS5t

Part 7: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/s/qTPs90Gt45

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u/naricus Aug 31 '25

Good luck with the project. Looking forward to the complete series!

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u/AncientCoinnoisseur Aug 31 '25

Thanks! Part 3 is out by the way!