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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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- 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.