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THE ROMAN DENARIUS UNDER THE JULIO‐CLAUDIAN EMPERORS: MINTS, METALLURGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Author(s) -
BUTCHER KEVIN,
PONTING MATTHEW
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00231.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , ancient history , history , art
Summary. The results of the chemical analysis of 78 silver denarii issued by the Julio‐Claudian emperors are presented and interpreted against the available numismatic, archaeological and historical information. Earlier surface analyses are found to be incorrect, especially for the coinage of Nero, and the reasons for this are investigated. The new elemental data are augmented by a subset of coins being subjected to lead isotope analysis and the results of this are found to complement these data in unexpected ways.