Posted 02/09/2010 5:45 pm
The letters stand for the Latin names of the metals: AE for aes, bronze or brass; AR for argentum, silver, and AV for aureum, gold.
The AE1, AE2, AE3, AE4 series is only used for Late Roman coins. For other bronze coins which we don't know the proper names of (such as most Greek or Roman Provincial coins) we use the letters AE followed by the coin's diameter in millimetres. Thus, an "AE20" is a bronze coin roughly 20 mm across.
The AE1, AE2, AE3, AE4 series is only used for Late Roman coins. For other bronze coins which we don't know the proper names of (such as most Greek or Roman Provincial coins) we use the letters AE followed by the coin's diameter in millimetres. Thus, an "AE20" is a bronze coin roughly 20 mm across.
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