The metallurgy of Roman silver coinage : From the reform of nero to the reform of trajan /

"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 resour...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Butcher, Kevin, Ponting, Matthew (Author)
Other Authors: Evans, Jane, Pashley, Vanessa, Somerfield, Christopher
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: UK : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Coins, Roman.
Silver coins
Silver
Metals
Numismatics, Roman.
Coinage
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Table of 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.

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