Moneta : a history of Ancient Rome in twelve coins
"The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, as told through humankind's most universal object--the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and its unique power to connect us with the distant past. He soon learned that the Romans saw coins as far more than just money--these were metal canvases on which they immortalised their sacred gods, mighty emperors, tow...
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