The Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic database: the history, the data and the potential (original) (raw)

The first part of this paper discusses the origins and development of the CHRR database as compiled by the author. The second section provides a couple of examples of the sorts of questions the data can be used to answer by examining two assemblages: the hoard from Mainz and the possible hoard from Alesia. This paper does not particularly discuss the creation of CHRR Online which will be examined elsewhere (Gruber and Lockyear 2015). It should be noted, however, that CHRR Online is derived from the author’s database, and will be regularly updated by uploading the data from it.