Author: Michael Cuddeford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747813493
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Over the centuries Britain's soil has yielded countless spectacular hoards of ancient coins and other artefacts, affording us priceless insights into our ancestors' lives – and it is not only such large finds that await discovery but also many thousands of individual pieces. Wonderfully, discoveries both minor and momentous are frequently made not by teams of professionals but by amateur archaeologists and metal-detector enthusiasts, for whom this book is intended as a helpful companion. It provides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.
Author: Roger Bland
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785708589
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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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.
Author: Sam Moorhead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714123349
Category : Archaeology / sigle
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The story of the burial, discovery, excavation and significance of the Frome Hoard, one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain.
Author: Sam Moorhead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781897738542
Category : Coins, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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Author: Richard Abdy
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780747805328
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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The best testament to Britain's participation in Graceo-Roman civilisation is its 'hidden' monuments- hoards of household valuables or decorations and also rich hoards of gold, silver and bronze coins. This book provides an introduction to Romano-British coin hoards and places major discoveries in the story of the Roman province's monetary system.
Author: John Creighton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139431722
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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Cunobelin, Shakespeare's Cymbeline, ruled much of south-east Britain in the years before Claudius' legions arrived, creating the Roman province of Britannia. But what do we know of him and his rule, and that of competing dynasties in south-east Britain? This book examines the background to these, the first individuals in British history. It explores the way in which rulers bolstered their power through the use of imagery on coins, myths, language and material culture. After the visit of Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, the shadow of Rome played a fundamental role in this process. Combining the archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them.
Author: Richard Reece
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902040400
Category : Coins, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Author: Martin Goldberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910682401
Category : Galloway (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A cache of over 100 gold, silver and other items, the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland, was unearthed by a metal detectorist in 2014. A large fundraising campaign ensured that what has come to be known as 'the Galloway Hoard' was saved for the nation. Having lain undiscovered since the beginning of the 10th century, it now provides an extremely rare opportunity to research and reveal many lost aspects of the Viking Age. There is a chance to see the treasure at the National Museum of Scotland 18 February - 18 October 21. The exhibition will subsequently go on tour to Kirkcudbright, Aberdeen and Dundee.The accompanying book places the hoard in a wider historical context and showcases the conservation and research work currently being undertaken to understand the hoard and its secrets. Exhibition: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (29.05.-12.09.2021) / Kirkcudbright Galleries, UK (10.2021) / Aberdeen Archives, UK (2022).
Author: Liv Mariah Yarrow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107013739
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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A richly-illustrated introduction to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman republic.
Author: David Groom
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1445753014
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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This book covers the varieties of 20th Century Silver coins, from the smallest threepence up to and including the cupro-nickel Crowns. There are 240+ pages of information and identifiers to enable the collector to swiftly and definitively identify their coins with 249 photographs showing the features that distinguish each type for a particular denomination and year.Not just the major varieties are covered, like the 1926 ordinary and modified effigy halfcrowns. Also included are the minor types. For instance, there are descriptions of the wide range of minor types found on coins in the 1920s. The book also covers the varieties of the decimal cupro-nickel coins.In writing this book, the author has investigated many sources of information concerning silver varieties and has brought together all the disparate information concerning them into one informative manual, which will be invaluable to the collector.A bargain start price and a 'must have' for any serious collector of silver coinage.
