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Roman

The Roman Collection of the Ashmolean Museum is one of the most important in the world with approximately 50,000 coins. The collection is very rich for all periods, from the early Roman Republic to the fall of the Roman Empire. Of particular strength is the exceptional coverage for the third and the fourth centuries AD. The collection contains more than 700 gold coins, most of them of astonishing quality, including the coins bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans. The collection is used worldwide as one of the ‘core collections’ for most research projects.

Untitled coin (HCR21937)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Trajan, 98 – 117

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Untitled coin (HCR22174)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Hadrian, 117 – 138 CE

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Untitled coin (HCR22204)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Hadrian, 117 – 138 CE

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Untitled coin (HCR6342)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Hadrian, 117 – 138 CE

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Roman bronze coin (HCR22575)

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Faustina I

Mint

Rome

Denom.

Sestertius

Roman bronze coin (HCR22870)

Period

Roman Imperial

Denom.

Sestertius

Roman Imperial coin (HCR4507)

Period

Roman Imperial

Denom.

Antoninianus

Obverse

[illegible], Bust, radiate, right

Untitled coin (HCR27690)

Period

Untitled coin (HCR27693)

Period

Untitled coin (HCR27694)

Period

Untitled coin (HCR27695)

Period

Untitled coin (HCR27696)

Period

Untitled coin (HCR27697)

Period

Roman Republican coin (HCR56147)

Period

Roman Republican

Person

L. Appuleius Saturninus

Mint

Rome

Denom.

denarius

Dating

104 BCE

Obverse

Head of Roma, helmeted, left. Border of dots.

Reverse

[L·S]ATVRN, Saturn in quadriga right, holding reins in left hand and harpa in right; below, ·H. Border of dots.

Roman Republican coin (HCR56297)

Period

Roman Republican

Roman Republican coin (HCR60127)

Period

Roman Republican

Obverse

FRVGI, Laureate head of Apollo, right before, star. Border of dots.

Reverse

SVLLA·CO[S] Q·POMP[EI·]RV[F], Curule chair; to left, lituus; to right, wreath. Border of dots.

Roman Provincial coin (HCR60826)

Period

Roman Provincial coin (HCR60837)

Period

Person

Mark Antony, Octavia Minor, Lucius Bibulus

Mint

uncertain Phoenician or Syrian mint

Obverse

[M·ANT(ligatured)·IMP(ligatured)·TER·COS]·DES·ITER·ET·TER·[III·VIR·R·P·C·], Head of Antony, right, and bust of Octavia, facing left

Reverse

L BIBVL[VS M F PR DESIG, IIS], Quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two riders (Antony and Octavia?), below, Δ and a square object (astragalus?)