Roman Provincial Coinage in the Antonine Period project
The aim of the project is to produce a standard typology of the provincial coinage of the Roman Empire in the period AD 138–192. Coins are mass-produced objects, so that from the historical point of view it does not make sense to confine consideration to the collection in any one museum. The project is based on the ten most important and accessible collections in the world (the ‘core collections’ — see table), and on all published material. This represents the first systematic treatment of the civic coinage at the height of the Roman empire, and will have great importance for the study of cultural, religious, political, economic, and administrative history at both a local and an imperial level.
The material is relevant to a wide range of taught courses under both Classics and Archaeology, at both a graduate and undergraduate level. It is also a vital resource for the international research community and other interested parties.
The project is based in the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum, which is part of the University of Oxford.
| Abbreviation | Collection |
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| B | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
| C | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Cop | Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet |
| G | Glasgow, Hunterian Museum |
| L | London, British Museum |
| Mu | Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung |
| NY | New York, American Numismatic Society |
| O | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum |
| P | Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France |
| V | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Roman Provincial Coinage series
Roman coinage provides a major resource for the historian and the archaeologist. A primary requirement is the provision of a standard typology on which both can rely. The Roman Provincial Coinage initiative complements the now complete series of Roman Imperial Coinage, and will result in the provision of a standard treatment of all Roman coinage.
The publication of Roman Provincial Coinage vol 1 (44 BC–AD 69) in 1992 marked the start of this international initiative, which will comprise ten volumes in all. Roman Provincial Coinage is under the general editorship of Andrew Burnett and Michel Amandry of the British Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France respectively. The current project on the Antonine period (AD 138–192) is being undertaken by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and will form volume 4 of Roman Provincial Coinage.
| № | Name | Contributors |
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| I | Julio-Claudian period (1992, reprinted 1998 and 2006) |
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| II | The Flavians (1999) |
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| III | Nerva–Hadrian |
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| IV | The Antonines |
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| V | The Severan period (AD 193-222) |
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| VI | Severus Alexander |
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| VII | Gordian I–Gordian III (2006: Province of Asia) |
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| VIII | Philip |
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| IX | Decius–Gallus |
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| X | Aemilian–Diocletian |
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