Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain
Title | Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain PDF eBook |
Author | John Creighton |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2000-07-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1139431722 |
Cunobelin, Shakespeare's Cymbeline, ruled much of south-east Britain in the years before Claudius' legions arrived, creating the Roman province of Britannia. But what do we know of him and his rule, and that of competing dynasties in south-east Britain? This book examines the background to these, the first individuals in British history. It explores the way in which rulers bolstered their power through the use of imagery on coins, myths, language and material culture. After the visit of Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, the shadow of Rome played a fundamental role in this process. Combining the archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them.
British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum
Title | British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hobbs |
Publisher | British Museum Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
The British Museum's unrivalled collection of over 4,500 pieces, minted at the end of the iron Age in the first century BC until immediately before the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, is published for the first time in this comprehensive catalogue. A full listing of the coins is provided, from the earliest British gold and silver of the mid-first century BC to the so-called dynastic issues in the central part of Britain and the distinctive regional issues of the peripheral coin-using areas. Indices are provided for the inscriptions and hoards and for the vast range of symbols which appear on the coins. An extensive bibliography and concordance is included and each piece is illustrated.
Iron Age Coinage and Ritual Practices
Title | Iron Age Coinage and Ritual Practices PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Haselgrove |
Publisher | |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Coinage |
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Aspects of the Iron Age in Central Southern Britain
Title | Aspects of the Iron Age in Central Southern Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Barry W. Cunliffe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Numismatic Data Reconsidered
Title | Numismatic Data Reconsidered PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Leins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain
Title | Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Bland |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2020-06-30 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1785708589 |
More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.
A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age 'oppidum' of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017)
Title | A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age 'oppidum' of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017) PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Moore |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 2020-07-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 178969535X |
This book explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the origins and nature of one of the lesser-known, but perhaps most significant, Late Iron Age 'oppida' in Britain: Bagendon in Gloucestershire.