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This illustrated handbook presents a concise history of the
development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the
seventh century, tracing its transition from coins that closely
resembled Byzantine issues with imperial images to purely aniconic
specimens with inscriptions in Arabic. This so-called
"Arab-Byzantine series" sheds light on a pivotal period in the
history of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, as formerly Byzantine
provinces were slowly Arabicized and Islamicized following the Arab
conquests of the 630s and 640s. The historical introduction, which
includes descriptions of all the basic types, is followed by a
summary catalogue of the recently acquired collection of
Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks.
Little bigger than a fingernail, Celtic Coins are one of the
richest sources of Celtic art in the world, and yet few people are
even aware that they exist. With their strange otherworldly designs
they evoke a forgotten time of magical beasts, amulets, druids and
spirit helpers. In this extraordinary pocket volume, incredibly the
first of its kind, Celtic coin artist and researcher Simon Lilly
unveils the amazing lost world of early European art hidden in
museums and private collections across the planet. With hundreds of
original drawings by the author. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed
with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON
REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely
mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST.
"Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from
any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly
illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron
Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed
analysis and discussion.Theories of hoarding and deposition and
examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings
of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards
whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in
archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented
examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and
the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain
from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed.
The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD,
as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD
253-296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has
been a collaborative research project between the University of
Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has
been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery
of these finds. A comprehensive online database
(https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also
undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field
surveys of a sample of them.
Julia Augusta examines the socio-political impact of coin images of
Augustus's wife, Livia, within the broader context of her image in
other visual media and reveals the detailed visual language that
was developed for the promotion of Livia as the predominant female
in the Roman imperial family. The book provides the most
comprehensive examination of all extant coins of Livia to date, and
provides one of the first studies on the images on Roman coins as
gender-infused designs, which created a visual dialogue regarding
Livia's power and gender-roles in relation to those of male members
of the imperial family. While the appearance of Roman women on
coins was not entirely revolutionary, having roughly coincided with
the introduction of images of powerful Roman statesmen to coins in
the late 40s BCE, the degree to which Livia came to be commemorated
on coins in the provinces and in Rome was unprecedented. This
volume provides unique insights into the impact of these
representations of Livia, both on coins and in other visual media.
Julia Augusta: Images of Rome's First Empress on the Coins of the
Roman Empire will be of great interest to students of women and
imperial imagery in the Roman Empire, as well as the importance of
visual representation and Roman imperial ideology.
A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between
general works intended for collectors and highly specialized
studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is hardly anything
produced by knowledgeable numismatists that is easily accessible to
the academic community at large or the interested lay reader. The
Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage will fill this gap by
providing a systematic overview of the major coinages of the
classical world. The handbook begins with a general introduction by
volume editor William E. Metcalf followed by an article
establishing the history and role of scientific analysis in ancient
numismatics. The subsequent thirty-two chapters, all written by an
international group of distinguished scholars, cover a vast
geography and chronology, beginning with the first evidence of
coins in Western Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE and
continuing up to the transformation of coinage at the end of the
Roman Empire. In addition to providing the essential background and
current research questions of each of the major coinages, the
handbook also includes articles on the application of numismatic
evidence to the disciplines of archaeology, economic history, art
history, and ancient history. With helpful appendices, a glossary
of specialized terms, indices of mints, persons, and general
topics, and nearly 900 halftone illustrations, The Oxford Handbook
of Greek and Roman Coinage will be an indispensable resource for
scholars and students of the classical world, as well as a
stimulating reference for collectors and interested lay readers.
This study of the Visigothic kingdom's monetary system in southern
Gaul and Hispania from the fifth century through the Muslim
invasion of Spain fills a major gap in the scholarship of late
antiquity. Examining all aspects of the making of currency, it sets
minting in relation to questions of state, monarchical power,
administration and apparatus, motives for money production, and
economy. In the context of the later Roman Empire and its successor
states in the West, the minting and currency of the Visigoths
reveal shared patterns as well as originality. The analysis brings
both economic life and the needs of the state into sharper focus,
with significant implications for the study of an essential element
in daily life and government. This study combines an appreciation
for the surprising level of sophistication in the Visigothic
minting system with an accessible approach to a subject which can
seem complex and abstruse.
Fully illustrated with more than 2,000 images, 2020 U.S. Coin Digest,
18th edition, is a comprehensive, fully researched and vetted color
guide with values to all United States coins issues featuring in a
nearly indestructible hardcover with a lay-flat, easy-to-use format to
make your experience even more enjoyable.
This complete reference to U.S. coins includes all circulating and
non-circulating coins, from early American Token Coinage to modern
commemorative issues of the 21st century. The following features make
the U.S. Coin Digest the only reference you need for collecting U.S.
coins:
- 2000 images--nearly all in full color--provide a spectacular
visual guide making identification and appreciation of U.S. coins easy
and enjoyable.
- Thousands of detailed listings completely and expertly vetted,
allowing the consumer to collect with confidence.
- A clear and easy-to-use guide to identifying minting errors with
color images by Ken Potter, leading authority on error coins and author
of popular Strike It Rich with Pocket Change.
- Coins of Colonial America
- U.S. Territorial Gold coinage
- U.S. Mint Sets, Proof Sets and Prestige Sets with current market
values
- Coins of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Philippines
Bracteates are thin, uni-faced coins that were struck with only one
die. A piece of soft-material was placed under the flan, thereby
creating a design of the obverse that can be seen as a mirror image
on the reverse. Although these coins were very fragile, they
dominated the coinage for 150-200 years in large parts of medieval
Europe. This book is about the function of bracteates and how they
can be linked to the evolution of coinage policies - especially
re-coinage. To date almost all books, articles and documents on the
subject are written in the German language and outside of Germany
interest in collecting bracteates is not great.This book is a
revised and updated version of a book previously published in the
Swedish language by the Swedish Numismatic Society (SNF),
Stockholm, 2012.
Did you know that some societies once used giant rocks for money?
Why do some coins have holes in them? Will plastic soon replace
paper currency? The history of money closely parallels the history
of chemistry, with advances in material science leading to advances
in our physical currency. From the earliest examples of money,
through the rise of coins, paper, plastic and beyond, with
excursions into corrosion and counterfeiting along the way, this
book provides a chemist's eye view into the history of the cash in
our pockets. Written in an accessible style that will appeal to the
layperson and scientist alike, The Chemistry of Money will be sure
to both enlighten and entertain. You will never look at money the
same way again!
Published to coincide with the 104th anniversary of the most
important sea battle of World War I, this comprehensive catalogue
lists all orders, decorations and MIDs awarded for the Battle of
Jutland, grouped according to the ships, with citations where
available, and a description of the ship and her role in the
battle. The Battle of Jutland was the only action between the
battle fleets of the UK and Germany; 151 British ships, with a
total of about 60,000 sailors, took part. Of these, 13 ships were
sunk and over 6,000 British sailors were killed. Over 2,000 honours
were awarded, including four Victoria Crosses, 47 DSOs, over 200
DSMs and other decorations, and MIDs were awarded for gallantry and
distinguished service. Awards from France and Russia are also
included. The VCs are well documented but, with regard to most of
the other awards, it is difficult or impossible to identify the
ship in which the man was serving. This book will therefore be of
great interest to medal collectors, when reading the citation for
an award, to know the ship referred to, and to find how many awards
were made to each ship, in addition to giving a fascinating
background to his most iconic of naval battles.
Extensively illustrated, each entry includes details on dates,
mints, personalities, weight standard, important variations, and
the history and meaning of the legend and design. Detailed
information about the late Roman bronze coinage system. Extensive
introductory notes in Chapter One discuss the life-cycle of late
Roman bronze coins (manufacture, circulation, loss and the effects
of burial) as well as their weight, fineness standards and
contemporary value. The introductory sections of the subsequent
chapters, each of which is dedicated to a short time period, cover
the history of that period and the metrology (weight, size and
metallic composition), overall pattern, and mint and field marks of
the coinage of those years. First detailed examination of the
coinage of this period by reverse design. By examining late Roman
bronze coinage through the study of reverse types, this book
provides different insights from those gained through an
examination of the coinage by Mint (as found in The Roman Imperial
Coinage series) or by emperor (as found in the Roman Coins and
their Values series). Many major numismatic works covering this
time period are out of date. This Handbook incorporates the latest
numismatic scholarship and includes extensive footnotes and
bibliography. The easy to use (indexed and cross-referenced)
catalogue entries will be of interest to collectors, cataloguers
and researchers. The historical and metrological discussions will
appeal to scholars, numismatists and students. A focus on reverse
types provides scholars working with hoards or site finds with much
greater insight into dates and other aspects of the coinage than
simply identifying the emperor.
Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally
investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and
ideological systems in ancient societies throughout the Old World.
Previously, scholarship has focused on description and
documentation, chronology and dynastic histories, administrative
function, iconography, and style. More recent studies have
emphasized context, production and use, and increasingly, identity,
gender, and the social lives of seals, their users, and the
artisans who produced them. Using several methodological and
theoretical perspectives, this volume presents up-to-date research
on seals that is comparative in scope and focus. The cross-cultural
and interdisciplinary approach advances our understanding of the
significance of an important class of material culture of the
ancient world. The volume will serve as an essential resource for
scholars, students, and others interested in glyptic studies, seal
production and use, and sealing practices in the Ancient Near East,
Egypt, Ancient South Asia and the Aegean during the 4th-2nd
Millennia BCE.
First published in 2005, this catalogue has become the standard
reference work for cast Chinese coins. It covers both the early
spade and knife coins that were used from around 600 BC and the
square holed "cash" coins that were the coinage of China from the
4th century BC until the end of the Empire in the 20th century.
Special attention is given to the red copper coins of Xinjiang. As
well as the catalogue, there is copious background information
concerning the use and manufacture of these coins, and numerous
charts, maps, and tables to help both the expert and the novice to
identify their coins. The second edition has been extensively
edited, and contains some new coins and sections. Awarded the
Lhotka Prize by the Royal Numismatic Society.
This book is intended to guide the beginner and expert through the
many kinds of cash - the square-holed coin of China for centuries -
produced in China and the many imitations of them produced at
various times all over the Far East and along the Silk Road. The
first part of the book is a Finding Guide which directs the reader
to the appropriate standard work on Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese
or Korean coins. In the second half, information not in the
standard works is presented, either from other publications and
papers, or from the author's own research.
The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States
brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient
Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and
numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays
investigate and analyse the role of market-exchange in the economy
of the ancient Greek world, demonstrating the central importance of
markets for production and exchange of goods and services during
the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Contributors draw on
evidence from literary texts and inscriptions, household
archaeology, amphora studies and numismatics. Together, the essays
provide an original and compelling approach to the issue of
explaining economic growth in the ancient Greek world.
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