Lead Currencies

Lead Currencies are currencies with a dominant influence on other currency systems. They are a great way to learn about the history in general and of money in specific. The MoneyMuseum put together a booklet by selecting five lead currencies of antiquity, middle ages and modern times. These coins tell their stories in an entertaining way. 

Our publications for Lead Currencies to download:

When Coins Laugh and Quarrel with One Another

Drachme Dirham Taler Pound

Count of published coins: 2095

• Roman Republic, Denarius

  ca. 211 v. Chr.

• Roman Empire, Vespasian, Aureus

  77-78 n. Chr.

• Roman Empire, Hadrian, Aureus

  128 n. Chr.

• Roman Republic, Denarius

  207 v. Chr.

• Roman Empire, Probus, Antoninianus

  276-282 n. Chr.

• Roman Empire, Diocletian, Aureus

  ca. 300 n. Chr.

• Roman Empire, Constantine I the Great, Solidus

  ca. 307-337 n. Chr.

• Byzantine Empire, Anastasius I, Solidus

  ca. 510 n. Chr.