The goal of this lesson is for you to explore the web site listed below and identify the basic elements of Roman coinage. This is the first step in identifying your own coin!

Go to this web site:

http://www.people.memphis.edu/~tjbuggey/White.html

1. What was the base unit of Roman coins?

2. Based on size, which type of Roman coin do you think that you have?

3. What types of metals did the Romans use for their coins?

4. How many Roman mints were there?

5. What do the locations of these mints tell you about Roman money?

6. What mint does the letter C on a coin stand for? What is the modern place name of this location?

7. Most of our coins will come from the mint with the abbreviations S, SIS,

SISC.

What location is this? What is the modern day name?

8. Most of our coins will be from Constans and Constantine II. What are the dates of their reigns?

9. On the practice reading the inscription coin, give the Latin and the English for PF.

10. What is the name of the featured coin of the month? How can we relate this coin to modern times?