Roman currency
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Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum, and copper coinage. From its introduction during the Republic, in the third century BC, through Imperial times,
Denarius of Marcus Aurelius. Legend: IMP. M. ANTONINVS AVG. TR. P. XXV.
Bronze aes signatum produced by the Roman Republic after 450 BC
Coins of the Roman Republic and Empire from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I
The rapid decline in silver purity of the antoninianus
Denarius
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The denarius was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War c. 211 BC to the reign of Gordian III, when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to
Roman currency
…Middle Ages and the Modern Era. Roman currency names survive today in many countries via the Carolingian monetary system, such as the dinar (from the denarius coin), the British pound (a translation of the Roman libra, a unit of weight), the peso (also a translation of libra), and the words for the general…
Denarius of Mark Antony and Octavian, struck at Ephesus in 41 BC. The coin commemorated the two men's defeat of Brutus and Cassius a year earlier as well as celebrating the new Second Triumvirate.
Flavia Domitilla, wife of Vespasian and mother of Titus and Domitian
Quintus Antonius Balbus (c. 83–82 BC)