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Offline David Atherton

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Great book on Roman coinage
« on: March 02, 2004, 06:31:30 am »
Just got done reading "Money and Government in the Roman Empire" by Richard Duncan-Jones and it is fabulous.

Though a bit dry at times (it gets very technical) it is a great source of information on coin hoards, die-populations, coin populations, mint-output, circulation studies, ect...

Not a book to curl up by the fire with but extremely interesting.
Highly recommended!
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Re:Great book on Roman coinage
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2004, 02:14:45 pm »
If you liked Duncan-Jones's book then I would highly recommend Kenneth Harl's book, Coinage in the Roman Economy: 300B.C to A.D.700.  It is actually an easier read then Duncan-Jones.
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Re:Great book on Roman coinage
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2004, 04:08:15 am »
Ibex, thanks for the recommendation.

Harl's book is next on my list to read.
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