A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients
A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients

Author: British Museum Dept of Coins and Me

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019665503

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancient world, from around 70 BC to the Roman Empire. It provides detailed information about the coins themselves, as well as their historical and cultural contexts. Ideal for collectors and enthusiasts of ancient coins, this guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who wishes to learn more about this fascinating aspect of human history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure
The Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure

Author: Peter S. W. Guest

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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Discovered in 1992, the Hoxne Treasure is perhaps the richest cache of gold and silver coins, jewellery and tableware from the entire Roman world. The core of this volume is the catalogue of the 15,000 late 4th- and early 5th-century gold and silver coins, together with an in-depth discussion of the production and supply of late Roman coinage. Hoxne's silver coins are particularly interesting, and the book also contains ground-breaking discussions of the silver content of Roman currency as well as of the peculiarly British phenomena of coin clipping and copying. The value of the Hoxne Treasure in shedding light on an otherwise dark period of British history also calls for a broader, non-numismatic perspective, and the volume includes an important chapter dealing with the social significance of precious metals in the later Roman empire, particularly their role in the gift-exchange networks that defined and maintained late Roman imperial society.