Roman coin

The Romans made coins out of bronze, silver and gold. The coins bore pictures of gods or important people with their names and their messages.

The coins weren’t just important for buying and selling. The Roman emperors used the pictures and messages on the coins to make their ideas known and to show their subjects how powerful they were.

The latest fashions were also shown on the coins: How did the Emperor’s wife wear her hair?

Back then, people used coins in the the way we use magazines today to choose a new hairstyle.