The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan

ISBN-13: 9781108816380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 841 str.

Kevin Butcher; Matthew Ponting; Jane Evans

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.