The earliest Roman currency was not actually a coin. It was the aes rude (rough bronze). These were irregularly shaped pieces of bronze which needed to be weighed each time.
Toward the end of the 4th century BC the Romans used the aes signatum (signed bronze), flat bronze bars which were heavily leaded, had different weights and a design on one sides and later on both sides.
Coinage had been spread around the Mediterranean by the Greeks. In the early 3rccentury, with Rome's increased contact with the rest of the Mediterranean the Romans adopted a coinage system, the aes grave (heavy bronze). These were heavy cast leaded bronze coins and were rather crude. The standard was the as. There were other coins which were fractions of one as: theSemis
, Quincunx, Triens, Quadrans, Sextans, Uncia and Semuncia. Later in that century nine more coins were introduced.
Coins have been found in the area where ancient Phoenicia was, that were stone circles about the size of a large bead, and they had a hole in the middle, kind of like a donut.
it was made by a person
That is a very tough question to answer. There are several denominations of Roman bronze coins, so for that, I would need more information on the coin.
The first coin to honor women (specific ones and not deities) would be found in ancient Greek and Roman coinages. For the US other than the generic personification of Liberty, the Isabella quarter minted in 1893 was the first US coin to depict a historical woman, depicting Queen Isabella of Spain.
Sestertius, Sesterce
no Roman coins were based off of the phonecians so the phonecians influeced the modern coin system. and that is still a tenuos comparison
2018
It is not known.
It is not known.
2018
it was made by a person
Several Roman senators get the credit for being the first, but they probably werent.
a Roman coin
That is a very tough question to answer. There are several denominations of Roman bronze coins, so for that, I would need more information on the coin.
See: Roman currency
There was no such thing as a 60 asses coin. The most valuable Roman coin in 211 BC was the denarius, which was worth 10 asses.
The first coin to honor women (specific ones and not deities) would be found in ancient Greek and Roman coinages. For the US other than the generic personification of Liberty, the Isabella quarter minted in 1893 was the first US coin to depict a historical woman, depicting Queen Isabella of Spain.
its got the stuff on it