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Here you can find several interesting links concerning Roman Coins. If you know any more similar links, please let me know the URL and language(s) by email.

Identification

Austin College, Texas (in English): Identification help when you can only read part of a coin's legend(s)

Wildwinds.com (in English) for help in identifying Roman imperial, republican and provincial coins. Many Greek and Byzantine coins also included.

Wildwinds.com main page (in English) (List of Emperors to select from). The largest and most comprehensive online database for Roman, Greek and Byzantine coins in the world. Includes pictures, legends, RIC, Cohen and Sear reference numbers, city of mintage etc. A must-visit when identifying your coins!

Moushmov page (in English) for identifying Roman provincial coins, most of which have legends written in Greek.

Montana University (in English) Guide to Late Roman AE Coin Types, AD 364-450

Helvetica's RIC ID lists (in English) of common bronze Roman coins e.g. VRBS ROMA (Wolf and twins), soldiers with standards, votive coins, (VOT X,XX,V,XV etc.), FEL TEMP (soldier spearing fallen rider). A must-visit for id-freaks with all lists (Excel format) downloadable free of charge.

Cleaning, Restoring and Collecting


Amahoff Germany (in German)

Doug Smith's Website (in English) An amazing website with dozens of pages on all aspects of Roman coins, history, collecting, monetary system etc.

Joviel.com (in English) Descriptions of many cleaning-techniques.

Forvm Ancient Coins (in English) A forum for collectors of all kinds of ancient coins, with most weight placed on Roman coins.

Roman Monetary System

University of Innsbruck (in German) Roman Emperors and their coins / Roman monetary system / Mints / Abbreviations on coins

About the Romans

Imperium Romanum (in German)

Mark Aurel.de (In German). Chronology and Emperors' histories and more

Forum Romanum (in English) General information about Rome, its citizens, social life and emperors

Roemischerepublik.de All about the Roman Republic (In German)

Various


Augusta Raurica Website (in English) If you're visiting Switzerland be sure to check out this website first and then visit Augusta Raurica (near Rheinfelden close to the Swiss / German / French border) for some of the finest Roman ruins on the European mainland.

Sammler.com (in German) Collector's page, includes overviews of coins from Emperor Augustus, approximate values, feedback, ratings, emperors' biographies and much more.

R. Appel's Homepage (in German) Coins of the Severan family, information about fakes, cleaning, coin photography, literature etc.

Helvetica's Roman Quizzes (in English) Simply written, fun quizzes about the Romans in plain text format.