Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces

Zusatztext There is no doubt that this is a very important piece of work 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 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.

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• Authors: Christopher Howgego, Christopher (Senior Assistant Keeper in t Howgego, Christopher Heuchert Howgego
• Assisted by: Andrew Burnett (Editor), Andrew (Deputy Director and Keeper of Coins and Medals Burnett (Editor), Burnett Andrew (Editor), Volhker Heuchert (Editor), Volker Heuchert (Editor), Volker (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).) Heuchert (Editor), Heuchert Volker (Editor), Christopher Howgego (Editor), Christopher (Senior Assistant Keeper in the Ashmolean Museum Howgego (Editor), Howgego Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780199237845
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923784-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Collecting, collectors' catalogues; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items, Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)