Debasement: Manipulation of Coin Standards in Pre-Modern Monetary Systems

Author:   Kevin Butcher
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   25 February 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kevin Butcher
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781789253986


ISBN 10:   1789253985
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   25 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Kevin Butcher PART I COIN DEBASEMENT: APPROACHES AND EXPLANATIONS 1. The scientific analysis of coinage: expectations, realities, problems and potential Matthew Ponting 2. Debasement in the ancient and medieval worlds: explanations and theories Martin Allen 3. Gold coinage and debasement. A preliminary examination of the fineness of Roman gold coinage from the Republic and early Empire Arnaud Suspene, Maryse Blet-Lemarquand and Dorian Bocciarelli 4. Coin debasement, climate and contagion in second-century Egypt: some intersections Colin P. Elliott PART II COIN PRODUCTION, METAL SUPPLY AND DEBASEMENT 5. Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys Nicola George 6. From Owls to Eagles. Metallic composition of Egyptian coinage (5th- 1stc. BC) Thomas Faucher and Julien Olivier 7. Gold and silver mining in the Roman Empire Alfred Hirt 8. Metal and system in Roman mints. Flan production, quality control and the internal organisation of minting establishments during the Principate Bernhard E. Woytek PART III DEBASEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 9. The Severan reforms of the late second century AD: a case of monetary deja vu? Nathan Murphy 10. Inflation and monetary reforms in the fourth century: Dioetian's twin edicts of AD 301 Gilles Bransbourg 11. Denarii mixti: Debasement and rhetoric in the early Middle Ages (5th-11th centuries) Rory Naismith 12. Was later medieval sterling too strong? Nick Mayhew

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All in all, this anthology gives everyone who deals with the phenomenon of government coin production a lot of food for thought. * Coins Weekly *


There is much of value in this richly illustrated volume [...] Despite the predominant focus on the Roman period, much will interest medieval archaeologists, not least the challenge of whether the comparative approach presented here is a worthwhile way forward. * Medieval Archaeology * All in all, this anthology gives everyone who deals with the phenomenon of government coin production a lot of food for thought. * Coins Weekly *


There is much of value in this richly illustrated volume [...] Despite the predominant focus on the Roman period, much will interest medieval archaeologists, not least the challenge of whether the comparative approach presented here is a worthwhile way forward. * Journal of Medieval Archaeology * All in all, this anthology gives everyone who deals with the phenomenon of government coin production a lot of food for thought. * Coins Weekly *


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Kevin Butcher is Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick University. He holds a PhD from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, in the field of Roman numismatics and specialises in Greek and Roman coinage, particularly the civic and provincial coinages of the Roman empire; and the Hellenistic and Roman Near East, particularly coastal Syria and Lebanon.

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