Roman Coins and History

The lectures aim to combine a practical introduction to the coinage of the Roman Empire with a discussion of some of the historical topics which numismatic evidence illuminates. There will be an opportunity at the end of each lecture to examine a selection of relevant coins.

1-2. Monetary history from Augustus to Aurelian;
3. Coinage and politics under the Empire;
4. Roman provincial coinage: AD 69-297;
5. Supply and distribution;
6. Circulation and models of the monetary economy;
7-8. Monetary History AD 274-500: reforms, inflation, and the break-up of the empire in the West.

Data last updated 23 January 2013 , 02:07 PM.

© C@O 2011: Classics at Oxford, Faculty of Classics. Webmaster.
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LU.