Metallurgy in Numismatics
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Total Pages: 558
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Michael Metcalf
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780901405371
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains 23 studies on geology and mining in ancient Greece, the manufacture and metallurgy of ancient Greek coins and the analysis and conservation of these coins. The chapters collectively place numismatics within an interdisciplinary context.
Author: David Michael Metcalf
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: W. A. Oddy
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Published: 1980
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Michael Metcalf
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 217
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Michael Metcalf
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin Butcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 841
ISBN-13: 1316060896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fineness of Roman imperial and provincial coinage has been regarded as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the Roman Empire, with the apparent gradual decline of the silver content being treated as evidence for worsening deficits and the contraction of the supply of natural resources from which the coins were made. This book explores the composition of Roman silver coinage of the first century AD, re-examining traditional interpretations in the light of an entirely new programme of analyses of the coins, which illustrates the inadequacy of many earlier analytical projects. It provides new evidence for the supply of materials and refining and minting technology. It can even pinpoint likely episodes of recycling old coins and, when combined with the study of hoards, hints at possible strategies of stockpiling of metal. The creation of reserves bears directly on the question of the adequacy of revenues and fiscal health.
Author: M M. Archibald
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Published: 1993
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ISBN-13: 9780901405296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Helen Wang
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication brings together the results of metallurgical analysis on Chinese coins undertaken at the British Museum during the last 15 years. The largest project looked at the metal content of Chinese cash coins over a period of more than 2,000 years. Although the results of the survey were published in 1989, the full details of the survey and photographs of the coins tested are presented here for the first time, along with an introduction by Joe Cribb and comments by Michael Cowell. Since then, smaller metallurgical projects have been undertaken at the British Museum, looking at specific questions, such as the iron content of Song dynasty coins, the brass content of Qing dynasty coins, and the question of metal supply for Qing dynasty coins. The results of these projects are brought together here for ease of reference, and are presented in chronological order of the material examined. In the last decade, numismatists and scientists in China have also been looking at similar questions, using coins from archaeological sites. Zhou Weirong's new book, Chinese Coins: Alloy Composition and Metallurgical Research, is now available, and an English version of the introduction, postscript and contents pages are published here.
Author: Kevin Butcher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-05
Total Pages: 841
ISBN-13: 9781108816380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fineness of Roman imperial and provincial coinage has been regarded as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the Roman Empire, with the apparent gradual decline of the silver content being treated as evidence for worsening deficits and the contraction of the supply of natural resources from which the coins were made. This book explores the composition of Roman silver coinage of the first century AD, re-examining traditional interpretations in the light of an entirely new programme of analyses of the coins, which illustrates the inadequacy of many earlier analytical projects. It provides new evidence for the supply of materials and refining and minting technology. It can even pinpoint likely episodes of recycling old coins and, when combined with the study of hoards, hints at possible strategies of stockpiling of metal. The creation of reserves bears directly on the question of the adequacy of revenues and fiscal health.