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Zusatztext There is no doubt that this is a very important piece of work Informationen zum Autor Christopher Howgego is Senior Assistant Keeper in the Ashmolean Museum, Reader in Greek and Roman Numismatics in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Wolfson CollegeVolker Heuchert is Collections Manager of the Heberden Coin Room in the Ashmolean Museum and AHRB Institutional Fellow for the Roman Provincial Coinage in the Antonine Period Project (AHRB and University of Oxford)Andrew Burnett is Deputy Director and Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum Klappentext Coins were the most deliberate of all symbols of public communal identities! yet the Roman historian will look in vain for any good introduction to! or systematic treatment of! the subject. Sixteen leading international scholars have sought to address this need by producing this authoritative collection of essays! which ranges over the whole Roman world from Britain to Egypt! from 200 BC to AD 300. The subject is approached through surveys of the broad geographical and chronological structure of the evidence! through chapters which focus on ways of expressing identity! and through regional studies which place the numismatic evidence in local context. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays ranges over the whole Roman world from Britain to Egypt, from 200 BC to AD 300. This subject is approached through surveys of the geographical and chronological structure of the evidence, through chapters, which focus on ways of expressing identity.
