The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage : From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan
Kevin. Butcher
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (842 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I General introduction; 1 Roman silver coinage and monetary history; 2 Roman silver coinage and monetary stability; 3 A science on the margins of numismatics: a history of metrological and metallurgical studies; 4 Metrology and hoard analysis; 5 The issue 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, 2BC to AD64. - 9 The reforms of Nero, AD 64-6810 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; Introduction to Part III; 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; Appendix 1 Silver content of imperial denarii. - Appendix 2 Gold to silver ratiosAppendix 3 Coins of unusual or irregular composition; Appendix 4 Denarius hoards of the period from Caligula to Trajan's reform (AD37-99); Appendix 5 Key to Figs. 15.1-15.4; Bibliography; Lead isotope bibliography; Index. - A new account of the role of coinage in the finances and economy of the Roman Empire.
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| ISBN | 9781107027121
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