The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

Author: Kevin Butcher

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-04-02

Total Pages: 841

ISBN-13: 1316060896

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The 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.

Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces
Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces

Author: C. J. Howgego

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0199237840

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Coins were the most deliberate of all symbols of public communal identities, yet the Roman historian will look in vain for any good introduction to, or systematic treatment of, the subject. Sixteen leading international scholars have sought to address this need by producing this authoritative collection of essays, which ranges over the whole Roman world from Britain to Egypt, from 200 BC to AD 300. The subject is approached through surveys of the broad geographical and chronological structure of the evidence, through chapters which focus on ways of expressing identity, and through regional studies which place the numismatic evidence in local context.

The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans
The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans

Author: W. V. Harris

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2008-02-14

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0199233357

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This collection of new essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most complex of known pre-modern economies.

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5
Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5

Author: David Sear

Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1912667266

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The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 337-491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristics of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.