The basic Roman coins that were used throughout the empire were the As, Dupondius, Denarius, Sestertius and Aureus. There were also vanity coins or coins of necessity such as the Antoninianus, created by Caracalla or the gold Solidus created by Constantine. Some coins were more common in the republic but seem to have gone out of “style” during the principate. An example of this is the Quinarius. Other coins were discontinued such as the very small quadrans which was discontinued by Marcus Aurelius.

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