British museum roman imperial coinage book

It contains coins issued under the roman republic in rome but not coins struck by nonroman issuers in italy. The corpus of early medieval coins in the british museum consists of, amongst others, those minted in italy during the reign of odovacar and used throughout the ostrogothic kingdom. The following books and catalogues are recommended and have been the source. Coins of the roman empire in the british museum british museum on. Iv antoninus pius to commodus with an introduction and iii plates. Catalogue of the imperial byzantine coins in the british museum, volume 1 british museum. Catalogue of the imperial byzantine coins in the british. This page uses frames, but your browser doesnt support them. The coinage of the emperor hadrian ad 11738 provides a rich visual commentary on the roman empire at the peak of its prosperity and development. Mattinglys translation is considered one of the best and is still used albeit in edited format today.

In the tradition of cataloguing the british museum collection, robert also revised the fivevolume roman imperial coins series and added, in his own. Dr john kent joined the department of coins and medals at the british museum in 1953, and was keeper from 1983 until his retirement in 1990. Online coins of the roman empire american numismatic society. The collections were formed mainly between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century following a series of donations, purchases and bequests. Richard abdy has been a curator of roman coins at the british museum for many years, with particular interest in the middle and later imperial periods of the. Ric volume ii from the reign of vespasian to hadrian was created in 1926. Roman imperial coins free online resource for collectors. The project records every published type of roman imperial coinage from. Coins of the roman empire in the british museum comparison with photos discussion in ancient coins started by aethelred, jan 25, 2017. This site contains over 4,000 pages of the original book. Roman imperial coinage ric is the standard typological reference work for the roman coinage produced by the roman state as opposed to civic coinage covered in roman provincial coinage. Department of coins and medals, warwick william wroth full view 1908. The series published here runs from the beginning of the 3rd century bc up until the battle of actium in 31 bc when octavian defeated mark antony and effectively brought an end to the roman republic.