Imperial Rome – Bronze Coin Album
For over five centuries—from the rise of Augustus in 27 BC to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476—Rome stood as the greatest power of the ancient world. This album features an authentic Imperial Roman bronze coin, struck between AD 240 and 410, during the empire’s dramatic later centuries.
Historical Significance:
Imperial bronzes of this era circulated across a vast domain stretching from Britain to Egypt, Spain to Mesopotamia, passing through the hands of soldiers, merchants, and citizens alike. Their imagery—portraits of emperors on the obverse and mythological, military, or religious themes on the reverse—was both currency and propaganda, reinforcing Roman authority at every transaction.
This genuine antiquity serves as a direct connection to the Roman world during a period of both grandeur and struggle: when emperors defended the empire’s frontiers, Christianity rose to prominence, and the old order gave way to the medieval world.
Holding this coin is to hold a fragment of Rome’s story—a lasting relic of the empire that shaped Western civilization..
Imperial Rome – Bronze Coin Album
For over five centuries—from the rise of Augustus in 27 BC to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476—Rome stood as the greatest power of the ancient world. This album features an authentic Imperial Roman bronze coin, struck between AD 240 and 410, during the empire’s dramatic later centuries.
Historical Significance:
Imperial bronzes of this era circulated across a vast domain stretching from Britain to Egypt, Spain to Mesopotamia, passing through the hands of soldiers, merchants, and citizens alike. Their imagery—portraits of emperors on the obverse and mythological, military, or religious themes on the reverse—was both currency and propaganda, reinforcing Roman authority at every transaction.
This genuine antiquity serves as a direct connection to the Roman world during a period of both grandeur and struggle: when emperors defended the empire’s frontiers, Christianity rose to prominence, and the old order gave way to the medieval world.
Holding this coin is to hold a fragment of Rome’s story—a lasting relic of the empire that shaped Western civilization..
