The quality of Rome's silver coinage is regarded as an indicator of the financial health of the empire: the traditional view is that quality declined almost continuously due to over-expenditure. The results presented in this book challenge this view, and offer new models supported by new scientific data.
The quality of Rome's silver coinage is regarded as an indicator of the financial health of the empire: the traditional view is that quality declined almost continuously due to over-expenditure. The results presented in this book challenge this view, and offer new models supported by new scientific data.
Kevin Butcher is Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick. He is a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London and has written extensively on Roman coinage and monetary systems.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. General Introduction: 1. Roman silver coinage and monetary history 2. Roman silver coins and monetary stability 3. A science on the margins of numismatics: the history of metrological and metallurgical studies 4. Metrology and hoard analysis 5. The issues of 'fineness', of instrumental analysis and of data quality 6. Metallography and the production of denarius blanks 7. The material sampled Part II. The Denarius: 8. The Julio-Claudian background 9. The reforms of Nero, AD 64-68 10. The Civil Wars, AD 68-69: Rome 11. The Western denarii of the Civil Wars 12. From Vespasian to the reform of Domitian, AD 69-82 13. The reforms of Domitian 14. From Nerva to the reform of Trajan, AD 96-99 15. The denarius: summary and conclusions Part III. Provincial Silver Coinages: 16. Cistophori of Asia 17. Other provincial silver of Asia Minor 18. Caesarea in Cappadocia 19. Syria 20. Egypt 21. Provincial silver coinages: summary and conclusions 22. Summary of conclusions.
Part I. General Introduction: 1. Roman silver coinage and monetary history 2. Roman silver coins and monetary stability 3. A science on the margins of numismatics: the history of metrological and metallurgical studies 4. Metrology and hoard analysis 5. The issues of 'fineness', of instrumental analysis and of data quality 6. Metallography and the production of denarius blanks 7. The material sampled Part II. The Denarius: 8. The Julio-Claudian background 9. The reforms of Nero, AD 64-68 10. The Civil Wars, AD 68-69: Rome 11. The Western denarii of the Civil Wars 12. From Vespasian to the reform of Domitian, AD 69-82 13. The reforms of Domitian 14. From Nerva to the reform of Trajan, AD 96-99 15. The denarius: summary and conclusions Part III. Provincial Silver Coinages: 16. Cistophori of Asia 17. Other provincial silver of Asia Minor 18. Caesarea in Cappadocia 19. Syria 20. Egypt 21. Provincial silver coinages: summary and conclusions 22. Summary of conclusions.
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