- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New edition edition (1 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752425234
- ISBN-13: 978-0752425238
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.2 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 600,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first two chapters provide a resume of how the coinage of the central Roman state changed, developed and stumbled. In Britain most coins in museums and collections come from hoards (coins deposited in a group) or from coins found singly during excavation or walking over fields. These two classes are very different and are examined separately. The author then looks at how coins were used in Roman Britain, and finally explains the differences between Britain and the rest of the Roman Empire. Despite the need for quantitative as well as well as qualitative analysis, Richard Reece has - for the benefit of those who are understandably put off by reams of statistics - banished all numbers and numerical methods to a single short Appendix. The result is a book sparkling with Dr Reece's characteristically incisive insights that can be appreciated by anyone interested in Britain's past.
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Good overview of British coinage in the Roman period.
Everything about anything but nothing about anything if you are looking for specifics, but it does explain the difficulties involved in assessing coin in this period, e.g. fourrees, muling etc. The silver content of the different periods are quite helpfull. It does not help very much in identifying Fourrees. Again very woolly if you look for specifics.
It is a background book and not a reference book.
Everything about anything but nothing about anything if you are looking for specifics, but it does explain the difficulties involved in assessing coin in this period, e.g. fourrees, muling etc. The silver content of the different periods are quite helpfull. It does not help very much in identifying Fourrees. Again very woolly if you look for specifics.
It is a background book and not a reference book.
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