Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume X

Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume X

Author: John Kent

Publisher: Spink Books

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 1912667371

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This tenth volume of Roman Imperial Coinage completed the first edition of the series founded by Mattingly and Sydenham in 1923. Its layout is based on the division between the eastern and western parts of the empire, and the reigns of successive emperors. A further section deals with imitative coinages struck by certain of the barbarian peoples. There are detailed accounts of the monetary system and mints, and of the coin-types and legends. The catalogue comprises some 1,800 entries, each individually numbered, and illustrated by 80 plates. (NP The coinage is discussed not only in its historical setting, but also in a comprehensive and documented conceptual context, making RIC X essential reading for students of the late Roman and Byzantine period, as well as for collectors. This seminal volume is reprinted by Spink in 2018 to make it available again to all those interested in this fascinating period of Roman Imperial coinage. (NP) Dr John Kent joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in 1953, and was Keeper from 1983 until his retirement in 1990. As well as being an editor of the Roman Imperial Coinage series , he is the author of Roman Imperial Coinage Volume VIII (1981).


Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2

Author: David Sear

Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd

Published: 2002-12-31

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 1912667231

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Volume II now extends coverage of the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman imperial coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denomination and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades.


Wealthy or Not in a Time of Turmoil? The Roman Imperial Hoard from Gruia in Roman Dacia (Romania)

Wealthy or Not in a Time of Turmoil? The Roman Imperial Hoard from Gruia in Roman Dacia (Romania)

Author: Cristian Gazdac

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-06-30

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1784918482

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A fully illustrated catalogue of the coins from a Roman imperial hoard found in Gruia, Romania (in the former Roman province of Dacia) along with a comparative analysis of other similar hoards from throughout the Roman Empire, revealing both general and specific hoarding patterns during the period.


Roman Coins and Their Values

Roman Coins and Their Values

Author: David R. Sear

Publisher: Spink and Son

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9781902040691

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The third volume of the fully revised and expanded general catalogue of Roman coins extends coverage of the Imperial series from the accession of Maximinus I in AD 235 down to the assassination of Carinus and the accession of Diocletian half a century later. This turbulent period, during which the Empire came close to total collapse and disintegration, witnessed great changes in the Imperial coinage including unprecedented debasement and the beginning of the decentralization of the mint system.


Roman Coins and Their Values

Roman Coins and Their Values

Author: David Sear

Publisher: Spink Books

Published: 2004-12-31

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 191266741X

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The original edition of this volume was published by Seaby thirtysix years ago and has been through three revisions (1970, 1974, and 1981). The only onevolume price guide to the coinage of Republican and Imperial Rome. It is an indispensable listing of all major types of gold, silver and bronze, issued over some seven hundred and fifty years by the greatest militaristic state the world has ever known. Over 4,300 coins are included with detailed description and valuations and all major and minor personalities are listed by means of their portrait coins. This fourth revised edition takes note of recent work in the field, especially that of Professor Michael Crawford.


The Forum of Trajan in Rome

The Forum of Trajan in Rome

Author: James E. Packer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780520226739

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Last, largest and most splendid of the early imperial forums, the Forum of Trajan was the acknowledged showpiece of the Roman Empire. This study includes a history of the site, and an examination of all previous scholarship.


Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

Author: Davina C. Lopez

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1451406258

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Apostle to the Conquered reveals the subversive heart of Paul's theology, reframing his "conversion" in terms of "consciousness," and his exhortations as a politics of the new creation.