Heads up to
forum members.
My long term book project is finally coming to fruition.
Spink has just finished typesetting "A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin
Types, 324 - 395". It will soon go to printing in Malta.
It currently has a publication date of June 1 for UK booksellers and August 2 in
North America. I am not sure if that is a true difference or not as the UK date was recently moved up from August to June.
The book is hardcover, octavo-sized (216mm x 138mm), full colour, and approx. 346 pages.
The
standard descriptive blurb is as follows:
Extensively illustrated, each entry includes details on dates, mints, personalities,
weight standard, important variations, and the
history and meaning of the
legend and design. Detailed information about the late Roman bronze coinage system. Extensive introductory notes in Chapter One discuss the life-cycle of late Roman bronze coins (manufacture, circulation, loss and the effects of burial) as well as their
weight,
fineness standards and
contemporary value.
The introductory sections of the subsequent chapters, each of which is dedicated to a short time period, cover the
history of that period and the metrology (
weight, size and metallic composition), overall pattern, and
mint and
field marks of the coinage of those years. First detailed examination of the coinage of this period by
reverse design. By examining late Roman bronze coinage through the study of
reverse types, this book provides different insights from those gained through an examination of the coinage by
Mint (as found in The
Roman Imperial Coinage series) or by emperor (as found in the
Roman Coins and their Values series). Many major numismatic works covering this time period are out of date.
This Handbook incorporates the latest numismatic scholarship and includes extensive footnotes and bibliography. The easy to use (indexed and cross-referenced)
catalogue entries will be of interest to collectors, cataloguers and researchers. The historical and metrological discussions will appeal to scholars, numismatists and students. A focus on
reverse types provides scholars working with
hoards or site finds with much greater insight into dates and other aspects of the coinage than simply identifying the emperor.
Publisher:
Spink & Son Ltd
ISBN: 9781912667611
It is currently on the website of amazon and all major booksellers.
Shawn