Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain

Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain
Author: Roger Bland
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 767
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1785708562

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 venture 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.

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 1

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 1
Author: David Sear
Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2000-12-31
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1912667223

The original edition of Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through four revisions (1970, 1974, 1981 and 1988). However, the publication of the 'Millennium Edition' of this popular work makes a radical departure from previous editions.

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 5
Author: David Sear
Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1912667266

The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 337-491 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristics of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 4

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 4
Author: David Sear
Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2011-12-31
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1912667258

This fourth volume contains a comprehensive listing of the Roman coinage of the period AD 284337 together with background information on the history of each reign and the principal characteristic of its coinage. The catalogue is organized primarily by ruler with the issues then subdivided by denomination and by reverse legend and type.

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2

Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 2
Author: David Sear
Publisher: Spink & Son, Ltd
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2002-12-31
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1912667231

Volume II now extends coverage of the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman imperial coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denomination and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades.

Archaeology in Hertfordshire

Archaeology in Hertfordshire
Author: Kris Lockyear
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1909291471

Celebrating the rich heritage of archaeology and of archaeological research in Hertfordshire, the 15 papers collected in this work focus on various aspects of the region, including the Neolithic to the post-Medieval periods, and include a report on the important excavations at the formative henge at Norton. Several chapters focus new attention on the Iron Age and Roman periods, both from a landscape perspective and through detailed studies of artefacts, while a discussion of the rare early Saxon material recently excavated at Watton at Stone makes a vital contribution to the existing corpus of knowledge about this little-understood period. All of the papers in the volume focus on the local scene with an understanding of wider issues in each period and as a result, the papers are of importance beyond the boundaries of the county and will be of interest to scholars with wide-ranging interests.

The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard

The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard
Author: Catherine Johns
Publisher: British Museum Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1997
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The Roman treasure found in 1985 at Snettisham, Norfolk, consists of a collection of silver jewellery, coins, engraved gemstones and scrap silver carefully packed into a small pottery jar and hidden for safe-keeping in the middle of the second century AD. It was evidently part of the stock of a local jeweller's workshop, and as such is so far unique in the Roman world. This catalogue, illustrated throughout, brings together a team of expert contributors from the British Museum and elsewhere to produce an authoritative account of the treasure. The hoard as a whole has proved exceptionally informative, demonstrating the close association between silver- and gold-smiths and gem-engravers and confirming that silver coins were hoarded and used to make jewellery. Although of a modest quality when compared with the many gold ornaments which survive from the period, the range of types found within a single workshop at one point in time provides a new and sounder basis for the close dating of other finds of provincial Roman jewellery.

The Beau Street, Bath Hoard

The Beau Street, Bath Hoard
Author: Verity Anthony
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784915955

The remarkable discovery of the Beau Street Hoard captured the public imagination and became the focus for a major scientific investigation and a significant learning and public engagement programme. This book provides a thorough and complete publication and analysis of the hoard, which is one of the largest yet found in a Roman town in Britain.