Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World

ISBN 10: 0198866380 / ISBN 13: 9780198866381

Published by OXFORD UNIV PR, 2022

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Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World In englischer Sprache. pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198866380
• ISBN 13: 9780198866381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2022.
• Condition: gut
• Weight: 2000 grams

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Synopsis

This volume presents fourteen chapters discussing coin hoarding in the Roman Empire from c. 30 BC to AD 400. The chapters cover topics including the statistics used to analyse patterns of hoarding, regional studies, and the evidence about monetary circulation in the Roman Empire provided by hoard discoveries.

About the Author

Jerome Mairat, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford,Andrew Wilson, University of Oxford,Chris Howgego, University of Oxford

Jerome Mairat is curator of the Heberden Coin Room in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in charge of the digitization of the collection. His research focuses on the Roman coinage of the third century AD, both imperial and provincial. He is a co-author of Roman Provincial Coinage, volume IX, AD 249-254 (British Museum, 2016), General Editor of Roman Provincial Coinage, and Director of RPC online.

Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford. His research interests include the economy of the Roman Empire, ancient technology, ancient water supply and usage, Roman North Africa, and archaeological field surveys. He is the co-editor of The Economy of Pompeii (OUP, 2017, with Miko Flohr), Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World (OUP, 2018, with Alan Bowman), and Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy (OUP, 2020, with Chloë N. Duckworth)

Chris Howgego is Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, and Professor of Greek and Roman Numismatics in the University of Oxford. He is the author of Ancient History from Coins (Routledge, 1995), and has written widely on Roman coinage and history. He was the founding Director of Roman Provincial Coinage Online and, with Andrew Wilson, of the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project; he continues to co-direct both projects. He is also an editor of the series Roman Imperial Coinage and Roman Provincial Coinage.