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Roman Provincial Coinage III - Review
ANS Magazine, 2016
Review: Roman Provincial Coinage. Volume III. Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96–138). Michel Amandry and Andrew Burnett, in collaboration with Jérôme Mairat and with contributions by W. Metcalf, L. Bricault and M. Blet-Lemarquant. British Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, London, Paris, 2015. Part I: Catalogue. Part II: General Introduction, Indexes, and Plates. Overall, beyond minor concerns, RPC III holds its promises as a masterpiece that no one with an interest in the period will be able to dispense with. Loaded with invaluable information and genuine discoveries that will change some previously accepted facts, combining ancient sources’ erudite knowledge with the use of the most recent relevant works, these volumes manage to combine scientific value with an undeniable sense of enjoyment as texts, tables, charts, pictures and the general layout all contribute to the reader’s own pleasure. Furthermore, what makes these volumes even more remarkable lies with their collaborative aspect. Dual publication of a printed and of an online version secures RPC III’s potential for further growth, as new coin-types will find their way on the website within the structure laid out by the book. One can only thank the authors for the years of work they have invested and salute their production with utmost respect and admiration.
Coinage in the Roman Provinces: the RPC and CHRE projects
Journal of Roman Studies
Roman coinage forms an astoundingly rich body of material. That applies to coins struck by the centre as much as so-called provincial coinage. The latter can be roughly categorised as 1) coins struck by cities in the east of the Roman Empire, and for the Julio-Claudian period also in the west (in the western provinces, cities stopped issuing coins around the end of Claudius’ reign); 2) coinages issued in the name of federations of cities (koina) or coins celebrating alliances between cities (so-called homonoia-coins); 3) coins struck by ‘friendly kings’; and 4) so-called ‘provincial issues’ — mainly drachms, didrachms and tetradrachms, but also bronzes — that were mostly struck by important mints such as Alexandria, Antioch and Caesarea (in Cappadocia), probably under the supervision of Roman magistrates, to circulate in specific provinces.1
Table of contents, Preface and list of cities of RPC 9 published in April 2016. This volume 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 Trajan Decius in AD 249 to the death of Uranius Antoninus in AD 254 and covers the reigns of Trajan Decius (AD 249 - 51), Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian (AD 251-3), Aemilian (253) and Uranius Antoninus (AD 253-4). 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. Cet ouvrage présente pour la première fois un catalogue complet et systématiques des émissions monétaires produites dans les provinces orientales de l’Empire romain durant la période des années 249-253 ap. J.-C., qui couvre les règnes des empereurs Trajan Dèce (249-251), Trébonien Galle (251-253), Emilien (253) et Uranius Antoninus (253-254). Le livre, qui offre une vision très détaillée du matériel aujourd’hui disponible, est destiné aussi bien aux spécialistes qu’aux historiens, archéologues et étudiants désireux d’approfondir leur connaissance de la période. L’introduction générale et les introductions d’ateliers sont complétées par des index et une illustration de chacune des monnaies du catalogue.