Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Middle to Late Iron Age transition; 2. Coin and the representation of individual authority; 3. The Southern and Eastern Kingdoms; 4. Classical imagery and ideology in Britain; 5. The location of Britain in the Roman world; 6. Legends and language; 7. Dynasties and identities; 8. Conclusion and epilogue: from Britain to Britannia.

Summary

Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material culture. Includes full index of Iron Age coins.

Product details

• Authors: John Creighton
• Assisted by: Wendy Ashmore (Editor), Colin Renfrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2014
• EAN: 9780521772075
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77207-5
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 644 g
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity