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Make a donation and receive a gift: http://don.storiavoce.com/ [Rebroadcast] We write the political history of the Roman Empire with scraps of text. We rely on a patchy library to weave the stories of our civilization. And yet, we have at our disposal an almost complete text that comes directly from the imperial authority: the currency. What do the coins tell us about this political history? How and where were coins minted under the empire? Are the coins of Augustus comparable to those of Constantine three centuries later? Was the same currency used in all the imperial provinces? Are these coins finally a reflection of what we would call a civilization? Our guest: Donatien Grau *** Facebook: www.facebook.com/HistoireEtCivilisationsMag Instagram: www.instagram.com/histoireetcivilisations/ Twitter: twitter.com/Storiavoce