The Roman Monetary System

Author : Ian J. Sellars
Publisher : Ian J. Sellars
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Monetary System of the Romans by Ian J. Sellars Pdf

"The Monetary System of the Romans" provides a comprehensive and visual portrayal of the evolution of the Roman monetary system from its inception in the late fifth century BC to the bronze reform of Anastasius in 498AD. It chronologically traces the key developments in the coinage of the Roman world, covering topics such as denominations, metrology, alloys, mints, monetary edicts and more. For every issuing authority, whether it be the Senate, imperator, usurper or emperor, exemplary specimens of each denomination are discussed and clearly illustrated. With 820 pages and over 2000 full colour high resolution photographs from the world's most esteemed auction houses, this novel format provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of Roman numismatics and will be useful to both students of history and collectors alike.

Author : W. V. Harris
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191615177

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The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans by W. V. Harris Pdf

Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did Greeks and Romans make payments, large or small? What does money mean in Greek tragedy? Was the Roman Empire an integrated economic system? This volume can serve as an introduction to such questions, but it also offers the specialist the results of original research.

Author : Constantina Katsari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139496643

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The Roman Monetary System by Constantina Katsari Pdf

The Roman monetary system was highly complex. It involved official Roman coins in both silver and bronze, which some provinces produced while others imported them from mints in Rome and elsewhere, as well as, in the East, a range of civic coinages. This is a comprehensive study of the workings of the system in the Eastern provinces from the Augustan period to the third century AD, when the Roman Empire suffered a monetary and economic crisis. The Eastern provinces exemplify the full complexity of the system, but comparisons are made with evidence from the Western provinces as well as with appropriate case studies from other historical times and places. The book will be essential for all Roman historians and numismatists and of interest to a broader range of historians of economics and finance.

Author : Kenneth W. Harl
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0801852919

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Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 by Kenneth W. Harl Pdf

In Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, noted classicist and numismatist Kenneth W. Harl brings together these two fields in the first comprehensive history of how Roman coins were minted and used.

Author : E A Sydenham
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019500107

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The Roman Monetary System; Volume 2 by E A Sydenham Pdf

This authoritative study of the Roman monetary system offers a fascinating glimpse into the economic history of the ancient world. Drawing on original sources and extensive research, the author provides a detailed account of how money was minted, distributed, and used in the Roman Empire, shedding new light on the economic policies and practices of one of history's most powerful civilizations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Kevin Butcher
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789254013

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Debasement by Kevin Butcher Pdf

The debasement of coinage, particularly of silver, was a common feature of pre-modern monetary systems. Most coinages were issued by state authorities and the condition of a coinage is often seen (rightly or wrongly) as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the state that produced it. While in some cases the motives behind the debasements or reductions in standards are clear, in many cases the intentions of the issuing authorities are uncertain. Various explanations have been advanced: fiscal motives (such as a desire to profit or a to cover a deficit caused by the failure to balance expenditure and revenues); monetary motives (such as changing demand for coined money or a desire to maintain monetary stability in the face of changing values of raw materials or labour costs); pressure from groups within society that would profit from debasement; misconduct at the mint; or the decline of existing monetary standards due to circulation and wear of the coinage in circulation. Certain explanations have tended to gain favour with monetary historians of specific periods, partly reflecting the compartmentalization of scholarship. Thus the study of Roman debasements emphasizes fiscal deficits, whereas medievalists are often more prepared to consider monetary factors as contributing to debasements. To some extent these different approaches are a reflection of discrepancies in the amount of documentary evidence available for the respective periods, but the divide also underlines fundamentally different approaches to the function of coinage: Romanists have preferred to see coins as a medium for state payments; whereas medievalists have often emphasized exchange as an important function of currency. The volume is inter-disciplinary in scope. Apart from bringing together monetary historians of different periods, it also contains contributions from archaeometallurgists who have experience with the chemical and physical composition of coins and technical aspects of production of base alloys

Author : E. A. Sydenham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0483545236

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The Roman Monetary System, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by E. A. Sydenham Pdf

Excerpt from The Roman Monetary System, Vol. 1 The Roman system of calculating monetary values Iates from a period considerably anterior to that of the issue of the earliest Roman coins. Not until some years after the break up Of the Latin League, when Rome was well on the high road towards gaining the supremacy Over Italy, did she adopt a regular bronze coinage (aes grave) which was destined to form the basis of her monetary system 'while the Republic lasted, and with certain modifications and additions continued throughout imperial times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William E. Metcalf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780199372188

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The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage by William E. Metcalf Pdf

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 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.

Author : Michael Hewson Crawford
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520055063

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Coinage and Money Under the Roman Republic by Michael Hewson Crawford Pdf

Author : E. A. Sydenham
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1373782218

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ROMAN MONETARY SYSTEM by E. A. Sydenham Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : E. A. Sydenham
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1378640810

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The Roman Monetary System; by E. A. Sydenham Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Andrew Burnett,Daphne Nash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015016903612

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Coinage in the Roman World by Andrew Burnett,Daphne Nash Pdf

Aims to move away from describing the coins to giving some historical explanation, to integrate the coinage of the eastern Provinces traditionally abandoned to the last chapter of books on Greek coins to treat coins as economic objects, by explining both how and why they circulated and how they can illuminate economic history.

Author : John Kent
Publisher : Spink Books
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781912667376

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Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume X by John Kent Pdf

This tenth volume of Roman Imperial Coinage completed the first edition of the series founded by Mattingly and Sydenham in 1923. Its layout is based on the division between the eastern and western parts of the empire, and the reigns of successive emperors. A further section deals with imitative coinages struck by certain of the barbarian peoples. There are detailed accounts of the monetary system and mints, and of the coin-types and legends. The catalogue comprises some 1,800 entries, each individually numbered, and illustrated by 80 plates. (NP The coinage is discussed not only in its historical setting, but also in a comprehensive and documented conceptual context, making RIC X essential reading for students of the late Roman and Byzantine period, as well as for collectors. This seminal volume is reprinted by Spink in 2018 to make it available again to all those interested in this fascinating period of Roman Imperial coinage. (NP) Dr John Kent joined the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum in 1953, and was Keeper from 1983 until his retirement in 1990. As well as being an editor of the Roman Imperial Coinage series , he is the author of Roman Imperial Coinage Volume VIII (1981).

Author : Danielle A. Parks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Antiquities, Roman
ISBN : IND:30000124246269

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The Roman Coinage of Cyprus by Danielle A. Parks Pdf

Author : Kevin Butcher,Matthew Ponting,Jane Evans,Vanessa Pashley,Christopher Somerfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781107027121

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The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage by Kevin Butcher,Matthew Ponting,Jane Evans,Vanessa Pashley,Christopher Somerfield Pdf

A new account of the role of coinage in the finances and economy of the Roman Empire.