c. 269 BCE
Early Roman silver coinage
Roman Empire · Dinero, comercio y acuñación
Numismatic evidence places the development of Roman silver coinage around 269 BCE, in dialogue with standards from Greek Italy. This phase should not be conflated with the later introduction of the denarius.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- api.drum.lib.umd.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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