Kevin Butcher (University of Warwick), Matthew Ponting (University of Liverpool)

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 842
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1442g
• ISBN-13: 9781108816380
• ISBN-10: 110881638X
• Artikelnr.: 59507472

Autorenporträt

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.