Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World presents fourteen chapters from an interdisciplinary group of Roman numismatists, historians, and archaeologists, discussing coin hoarding in the Roman Empire from c. 30 BC to AD 400. The book illustrates the range of research themes being addressed by those connected with the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project, which is creating a database of all known Roman coin hoards from Augustus to AD 400. The volume also reflects the range of the Project's collaborations, with chapters on the use of hoard data to address methodological considerations or monetary history, and coverage of hoards from the west, centre, and east of the Roman Empire, essential to assess methodological issues and interpretations in as broad a context as possible.
Chapters on methodology and metrology introduce statistical tools for analysing patterns of hoarding, explore the relationships between monetary reforms and hoarding practices, and address the question of value, emphasizing the need to consider the whole range of precious metal artefacts hoarded. Several chapters present regional studies, from Britain to Egypt, conveying the diversity of hoarding practices across the Empire, the differing methodological challenges they face, and the variety of topics they illuminate. The final group of chapters examines the evidence of hoarding for how long coins stayed in circulation, illustrating the importance of hoard evidence as a control on the interpretation of single coin finds, the continued circulation of Republican coins under the Empire, and the end of the small change economy in Northern Gaul.
Author(s): Jerome Mairat, Andrew Wilson, Chris Howgego
Series: Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 368
City: Oxford
Cover
Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
PART I: APPROACHES
1: Introduction: Coin Hoards and Hoarding in the Roman World
THE COIN HOARDS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE PROJECT
THIS BOOK
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
HOARD-LEVELANALYSIS
COIN-LEVELSTUDY
THE FUTURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COLLABORATORS
REFERENCES
2: Simplifying Complexity
INTRODUCTION
STATISTICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND NUMISMATICS
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DIMENSIONS
CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS FOR NUMISMATIC DATA
COIN HOARDS FROM NORTHERN GAUL
CONCLUSIONS
Appendix: Running CA in R
REFERENCES
PART II: REGIONAL STUDIES
3: Hoarding in Roman Britain: An Archaeological and Contextual Approach
THE ORIGINS OF THE PROJECT
THE PROJECT DATASET
Overview of the dataset
STUDYING THE LANDSCAPE CONTEXT OF HOARDS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
4: Hoarding in Burgundy, France: Micro-Studyof a Region
THE CIVITAS AEDUORUM IN CONTEXT
HOARDING IN THE CIVITAS AEDUORUM: PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES
RURAL SETTLEMENTS AND HOARDS IN THE AGER AEDUORUM
ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
5: Coin Hoards of the Gallic Empire
THE GOLD COINAGE
DENARII, QUINARII, AND MEDALLIONS
THE BRONZE COINAGE
THE RADIATES
HISPANIA
THE PENETRATION OF THE COINAGE OF THE CENTRAL EMPIRE IN GAUL
NARBONENSIAN GAUL
RAETIA, CENTRAL SWITZERLAND, THE SWISS PLATEAU, AND THE AGRI DECUMATES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
6: The Interface between East and West in Hoards from Southern Greece and Macedonia
ACHAIA AND THE ISLANDS
Roman versus local coins in hoards from Augustus to Gallienus (27 bc–ad 268)
Overview of hoards from Augustus to Domitian (27 bc–ad 96)
Overview of hoards from Nerva to Commodus (ad 96–192)
Overview of hoards from Pertinax to Carinus (ad 193–284)
Hoards closing under Gallienus
Overview of hoards from Diocletian to Arcadius (ad 284–408)
MACEDONIA
Burial hoards
Non-burialhoards
CONCLUSION
ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
7: Coin Hoards from Roman Dacia
TRAJAN AND HADRIAN
A NTONINUS PIUS
MARCUS AURELIUS
COMMODUS
S EPTIMIUS SEVERUS TO MACRINUS
ELAGABALUS TO SEVERUS ALEXANDER
GORDIAN III
Philip I
Trajan Decius to Trebonianus Gallus
Valerian I to Aurelian
MINTS
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Appendix: The structures of hoards from Dacia
8: Third-Century Hoards of Roman Provincial Coins from Moesia Inferior
REIGNS OF GORDIAN III AND PHILIP THE ARAB (AD 238–49)
FROM TRAJAN DECIUS TO GALLIENUS (AD 249–68)
FROM CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS TO DIOCLETIAN (ad 268–305)
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
9: Coin Hoarding in Roman Palestine: 63 bc–ad 300
THE EARLY ROMAN PERIOD: 63 BC–AD 73
Gold coins
Silver coins
Bronze coins
THE MIDDLE ROMAN PERIOD: AD 73–300
Gold coins
Silver coins
Bronze coins
Radiates
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
10: Roman Coin Hoards from Egypt: What Next?
HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERIES
THE ROMAN EGYPTIAN HOARD DATA
An immense quantity of data
Roman vs Ptolemaic coins
Quality and relevance of the data
FUTURE RESEARCH
REFERENCES
PART III: LONGEVITY OF CIRCULATION
11: The Imperial Afterlife of Roman Republican Coins and the Phenomenon of the Restored Denarii
THE SUBJECT IN CONTEXT
THE PRECONDITIONS
THE IMPACT
THE LEGIONARY DENARII
TYPOLOGICAL REMINISCENCES AND THE PROBLEM OF THE RESTORED DENARII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
12: Hoarding of Denarii and the Reforms of Nero and Septimius Severus
REFERENCES
13: Coin Supply and Longevity of Circulation: Three Case Studies from Hoards in North-West Europe
INTRODUCTION
NERONIAN AUREI IN HOARDS FROM NORTH-WESTEUROPE
COIN SUPPLY VERSUS COIN CIRCULATION
DOMITIANIC SILVER AND MILITARY PAY
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
14: The End of the Small Change Economy in Northern Gaul in the Fourth and the Fifth Centuries ad
THE PROBLEM OF DISAPPEARING SMALL CHANGE
THE CONTINUOUS USE OF ROMAN COINS IN THE MIDDLE AGES?
LATE ROMAN BRONZE HOARDS
THE CIRCULATION OF LATE ROMAN SMALL CHANGE
ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
15: Forms of largitio and ‘Denominations’ of Silver Plate in Late Antiquity: The Evidence of Flanged Bowls
INTRODUCTION
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SILVER COINAGE AND SILVER PLATE
THE LATE ROMAN SILVER CURRENCY
SYMMACHUS AND THE ISSUE OF SENATORIAL LARGITIO
FLANGED SILVER BOWLS: EXAMPLES OF ‘PRIVATE’ OR SENATORIAL LARGITIO?
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Index
