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Rome - The Legacy - Coins as Storytellers is a book deeply rooted in author Roberto Delzanno’s passionate relationship with ancient history and its significance for Western civilization. His ambition is to convey a thrilling, captivating, inspiring, and sometimes harrowing history narrated through the reverse sides of the coins. The author states that his hope is that it will inspire collectors as well as historically interested readers in the intriguing realm of numismatics, and that it will be a substantial contribution to recruiting new collectors and fostering growth for numismatics.
The creation of this book and the selection of coins have been entirely influenced by the authors’ subjective judgments regarding significant milestones in Roman history. To some extent, the choice of coins is based on identifying physical objects from the ancient world that compellingly recount chosen episodes and can be reflected in the reverses of the coins.
The story begins before the existence of the universe, in a time when only chaos prevailed, and from this, the first primordial gods emerged, represented on the reverses of Roman coins. Subsequently, the narrative unfolds, describing the development of mythology and humanity and their synchronization. The book traces the arrival of the first humans in Europe and Italy, along with the various catastrophes that occurred during interglacial periods, as well as the Bronze Age collapse, to the reestablishment of civilization with the rise of the Etruscans and then the integration with the emerging Roman Empire. To arrive in Rome in imperial times would have been like coming to Las Vegas, with everything lit up in bright colors, temples, statues, and other monuments almost standing on top of each other. All the imagery in the book adapts to the latest research on how the white statuary supposedly appeared during ancient times, colorized in bright colors."
The hardcover, 8½ x 12-inch book is 374 pages with many color illustrations throughout.
 
 
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