Book contents
- The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
- The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I General introduction
- 1 Roman silver coinage and monetary history
- 2 Roman silver coinage and monetary stability
- 3 A science on the margins of numismatics: a history of metrological and metallurgical studies
- 4 Metrology and hoard analysis
- 5 The issue of ‘fineness’, of instrumental analysis and of data quality
- 6 Metallography and the production of denarius blanks
- 7 The material sampled
- Part II The denarius
- Part III Provincial silver coinages
- Appendix 1 Silver content of imperial denarii
- Appendix 2 Gold to silver ratios
- Appendix 3 Coinsof unusual or irregular composition
- Appendix 4 Denarius hoards of the period from Caligula to Trajan's reform (AD 37–99)
- Appendix 5 Key to Figs. 15.1–15.4
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - A science on the margins of numismatics: a history of metrological and metallurgical studies
from Part I - General introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
Book contents
- The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
- The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I General introduction
- 1 Roman silver coinage and monetary history
- 2 Roman silver coinage and monetary stability
- 3 A science on the margins of numismatics: a history of metrological and metallurgical studies
- 4 Metrology and hoard analysis
- 5 The issue of ‘fineness’, of instrumental analysis and of data quality
- 6 Metallography and the production of denarius blanks
- 7 The material sampled
- Part II The denarius
- Part III Provincial silver coinages
- Appendix 1 Silver content of imperial denarii
- Appendix 2 Gold to silver ratios
- Appendix 3 Coinsof unusual or irregular composition
- Appendix 4 Denarius hoards of the period from Caligula to Trajan's reform (AD 37–99)
- Appendix 5 Key to Figs. 15.1–15.4
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Metallurgy of Roman Silver CoinageFrom the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan, pp. 53 - 89Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015