Scritto non scritto sulla moneta romana

Every word written on coins is an important adjunctive, even if unnecessary, element for communication: it can strengthen the meaning of the type, can be misleading or can be subjected to several interpretation. Through many samples from literature, too, (such as the works of Pirro Ligorio and Josè Nicolas de Azara) the history of the Numismatic studies shows which way the ancient coins were used for and which kind of aid words, monograms and numbers, can offer. coin legends, literature monogram