NGC Ancients: Coins of Milan, Part 2
March 17, 2026
A mint was established at Mediolanum in northern Italy in the mid-3rd century, when Rome was still the capital of its eponymous empire. In the previous column, we began to explore coinage struck in what today is Italy’s second-largest city, Milan. Its fortunes have ebbed and flowed over the centuries, and it recently basked in the international spotlight that came with the Winter Olympic Games.
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