Money and mid-republican Rome

Abstract Rome’s mid-republican period is back in the centre of attention. Roman money and coinage, however, are largely absent from the debate. As this field has seen important developments in recent years, this paper surveys recent research in order to explore how numismatic sources can contribute to our understanding of this formative period in Roman history. First, we present an overview of these new developments, which we then contextualise in the framework of the Roman economy, Roman state formation and the development of a distinct Roman identity. We argue for a development from coinage irregularly commissioned by individual Roman magistrates to a regular Roman state coinage; from haphazard production often outside Rome to large-scale and more regular coordinated production clearly institutionalised within the Roman state, with a distinct Roman appearance. We propose to recognise two principal moments of acceleration in this process: around 240 and, above all, 210 b.c.e. , and show how these insights relate to broader debates on mid-republican Rome.

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The Journal of Roman Studies
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2025-08-08
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435825100683
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Classical Antiquity Studies
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Money and mid-republican Rome

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Abstract Rome’s mid-republican period is back in the centre of attention. Roman money and coinage, however, are largely absent from the debate. As this field has seen important developments in recent years, this paper surveys recent research in order to explore how numismatic sources can contribute to our understanding of this formative period in Roman history. First, we present an overview of these new developments, which we then contextualise in the framework of the Roman economy, Roman state formation and the development of a distinct Roman identity. We argue for a development from coinage irregularly commissioned by individual Roman magistrates to a regular Roman state coinage; from haphazard production often outside Rome to large-scale and more regular coordinated production clearly institutionalised within the Roman state, with a distinct Roman appearance. We propose to recognise two principal moments of acceleration in this process: around 240 and, above all, 210 b.c.e. , and show how these insights relate to broader debates on mid-republican Rome.

The Journal of Roman StudiesVol. 115
Florida State University (US), Goethe University Frankfurt (DE), Université d'Orléans (FR), British Museum (GB), University of Salerno (IT), American Numismatic Society (US), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), City University of New York (US), University of Toronto (CA), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE), Radboud University Medical Center (NL), Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (NL), New York City College of Technology (US), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE), Brooklyn College (US)
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung
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