Coins are an unrivaled source of information about the past. They survive in large numbers, and unlike most other artifacts they are often stamped with words, images, and dates. In this generously illustrated book, a recognized authority on ancient coins offers a cogent lesson in how to evaluate the evidence that coins provide. With examples from antiquity through the seventeenth century, Burnett explains how we can establish when and where a coin was made, and what a coin's function as a piece of money tells us about the economy in which it participates. Finally, he asks how we can use the designs of coins to throw light on the political, religious, and cultural life of the past.

Coins (Interpreting the Past)

Arts & Photography

Burnett, Andrew

History & Criticism

University of California Press

This book embodies a new conception of Roman coinage. It presents, for the first time, an authoritative account of the coins minted in the provinces of the empire and shows how they can be regarded as an integral part of the coinage minted under the Roman emperors. This first volume covers the hundred years from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC to the death of Vitellius in AD 69; it examines the coinage of more than 400 cities from all round the Empire. For each city there is a discussion of attribution, dating, denominations, typology and interpretation, followed by a listing of the issues. The catalogue is based on the principal collections and includes over 100,000 coins classified into over 5000 major types. The fruit of many years of international collaboration by leading scholars, this book will be an essential reference and a mine of information for numismatists, historians and archaeologists for many years to come.

Roman Provincial Coinage, Volume I

History

Amandry, Michael

Pau Ripolles, Pere

Ancient Civilizations

British Museum Press

The latest volume of this highly regarded series presents for the first time an authoritative and systematic account of the coins minted in the Roman provinces during the period from the accession of Nerva in AD 96 to the death of Hadrian in AD 138 and includes the three reigns of Nerva (AD 96–98), Trajan (AD 98–117) and Hadrian (AD 117–38). The book gives a complete picture of the material, thereby not only meeting the needs of numismatists but also providing an essential reference for historians, archaeologists and other students of the Roman Empire. The introductory essays and extensive catalogue section are followed by indexes and an illustration of every major issue listed. The book catalogues over 50,000 coins classified into 7,000 main varieties from the world’s principal collections, including the British Museum and Bibliothèque nationale de France. These were minted at 300 cities located throughout the eastern part of the Roman Empire, from Apollonia in Albania to Trapezus in Turkey and from Tomi in Romania to Alexandria in Egypt. The catalogue includes the extensive coinages made by the cities of the Roman province of Asia and the complex coinage from Alexandria in Egypt. Consequently, it will be an essential reference for numismatists, historians and archaeologists as well as all students of the Roman Empire.

Roman Provincial Coinage III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96–138) (Volume 3)

Amandry, Michel

BRITISH MUSEUM

Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century

Using a variety of methods to gather and classify their burgeoning knowledge of the world, these pioneering studies of nature and man became the foundations for our modern understanding of the world and gave birth to countless new disciples - from palaeontology, archaeology and ethnography to the history of art. This book charts man's voyage of intellectual discovery by permitting the collectors and their collections to speak for their century, just as the books on the shelves of the original King's Library once did.

Sloan, Kim

Europe

British Museum Pubns Ltd

Coinage in the Roman World

Spink & Son, Ltd.

The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE: Using Coins as Sources (Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World)

Cambridge University Press

Chataway: Making Communication Count, from Foundation Stage to Key Stage Three

Based on the research of the Bristol Language Development Scales (BLADES), Chataway is a structured programme of work designed to help children develop speaking skills. <ul>
<li>Chataway is based around conversational skills, allowing children to prepare for social challenges as well as academic work</li> <li>the programme is written in a clear and straightforward way, with progress easy to monitor</li> <li>can be used with all children – those with average range skills and those with special needs</li> <li>group work focus</li> <li>extra training for staff not required.</li> </ul> For all teachers and teaching assistants in settings from Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1 &amp; 2, to pupils with special needs at Key Stage 3 and in Special Schools. The book is also relevant for parents, carers and all speech and language therapists and assistants working to develop speaking skills.

Chataway

Politics & Social Sciences

Wylie, Jackie

Sociology

Routledge

The Cunetio and Normanby hoards are the two of the largest Roman coin hoards from Britain. They both comprise mostly 'radiate' coins struck in the second half of the 3rd century and are the most important catalogues for people identifying radiate coins in Britain dating from AD 253 to AD 275. The Cunetio hoard was originally published as a single volume, The Cunetio Treasure by EM Besly and RF Bland (British Museum Press, 1983); the Normanby hoard was published along with several other hoards in The Normanby Hoard and other Roman coin hoards: Coin Hoards from Roman Britain VIII edited by RF Bland and AM Burnett (British Museum Press, 1988). This edition provides the two hoards in one volume with a note on more recent work on the radiate coinage of AD 253-96 and notes to aid identification by Sam Moorhead.

The Cunetio and Normanby Hoards: Roger Bland, Edward Besly and Andrew Burnett, with notes to aid identification by Sam Moorhead

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bland, Roger

Besly, Edward

Antiques & Collectibles

Spink Books

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