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The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan

Title: The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan / Kevin Butcher and Matthew Ponting ; with contributions by Jane Evans, Vanessa Pashley and Christopher Somerfield.
Author: Butcher, Kevin
Publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Description

xxxii, 797 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"The fineness of Roman imperial and provincial coinage has been regarded as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the Roman Empire, with the apparent gradual decline of the silver content being treated as evidence for worsening deficits and the contraction of the supply of natural resources from which the coins were made. This book explores the composition of Roman silver coinage of the first century AD, re-examining traditional interpretations in the light of an entirely new programme of analyses of the coins, which illustrates the inadequacy of many earlier analytical projects. In addition, minor and trace elements, and lead isotopes, provide evidence for the supply of materials and refining and minting technology. Sometimes this allows us to determine the origin of the metal, whether freshly mined, or recycled. It can even pinpoint likely episodes of recycling old coins and, when combined with the study of hoards, hint at possible strategies of stockpiling of metal. The creation of reserves has a direct bearing on the question of the adequacy of revenues and fiscal health"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-763) and index.

Contents

Part I. General Introduction -- Roman silver coinage and monetary history -- Roman silver coins and monetary stability -- A science on the margins of numismatics : the history of metrological and metallurgical studies -- Metrology and hoard analysis -- The issues of "fineness," of instrumental analysis, and of data quality -- Metallography and the production of denarius blanks -- The material sampled -- Part II. The Denarius -- The Julio-Claudian background -- The reforms of Nero, AD 64-68 -- The Civil Wars, AD 68-69 : Rome -- The Western denarii of the Civil Wars -- From Vespasian to the reform of Domitian, AD 69-82 -- The reforms of Domitian -- From Nerva to the reform of Trajan, AD 96-99 -- The denarius : summary and conclusions -- Part III. Provincial Silver Coinages -- Cistophori of Asia -- Other provincial silver of Asia Minor -- Caesarea in Cappadocia -- Syria -- Egypt -- Provincial silver coinages : summary and conclusions -- Summary of conclusions.

Call Number

JFF 15-984

ISBN

9781107027121 (hardback : alkaline paper)
1107027128 (hardback : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2014009514
9781107027121

OCLC

869269444

Author

Butcher, Kevin, author.

Title

The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : from the reform of Nero to the reform of Trajan / Kevin Butcher and Matthew Ponting ; with contributions by Jane Evans, Vanessa Pashley and Christopher Somerfield.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 731-763) and index.

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Cover image

Chronological Term

30 B.C. - 284 A.D.

Added Author

Ponting, Matthew, author.

Evans, Jane (Geochemist), contributor.

Pashley, Vanessa, contributor.

Somerfield, Christopher, contributor.

Other Standard Identifier

9781107027121

Research Call Number

JFF 15-984

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