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Comprehensive Catalogues
Auction and Museum Catalogues
Introductory Handbooks
History
Coins and History
Hoards and Archaeology
Minting and Money
Period-specific studies
Provincial and Imitative
Books and Websites about Books
RR_Bronze_Rarities
Hoards & Archaeology
Essential
The Mesagne Hoard, Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, ANS Museum Notes 1984
The Mesagne hoard caused a fundamental redating of the coinage of the
50s, 60s and 70s BC, rendering Crawford’s arrangement redundant. Hersh and
Walker analysis is essential reading.
Coins and the Archaeologist, John Casey, 1988, and Understanding Ancient Coins, an Introduction for Archaeologists and Historians, John Casey 1986
Either of these two books is an appropriate starting point for a proper
understanding of coins and archaeology. The first is a set of papers on the
interpretation of coin finds (in England, though relevant to all eras), the
second is a much shorter introductory book covering the same ground, a good
foundation work.
Useful
The Mesagne hoard and the coinage of the late Republic, HB Mattingly, NC 1995
Further refinements on Hersh and
Walkers conclusions. Important, and as with the other HB Mattingly studies
listed on this website, best read in conjunction in “From Coins to History”
Roman Republican Coin Hoards, Michael Crawford, 1970
Listing of the hoards used in the
preparation of RRC. Whilst RRC contains a count of the Republican denarii in
each hoard, RRCH is still very useful to get the context of foreign coins,
other objects and find conditions.
A Tri-denominational Hoard of Early Roman Coins from Sicily, Charles Hersh, ANS Notes 21 1976,
A quinarius hoard from southern Italy, Charles Hersh, NC 1972
Morgantina Studies II: The Coins, T.V. Buttrey, Princeton, 1989
These three hoard/excavation studies provide much additional evidence
for the absolute and relative dating of the first denarius and subsequent early
denarius issues.
Roman Coins and Archaeology collected papers, Richard Reece, Moneta 32, 2003; The coinage of Roman Britain, Richard Reece, 2002
Although Reece’s work is based mainly
on English excavations and hence on Roman Imperial coinages, the numismatic and
archaeological techniques are relevant to all eras. He has developed many novel
concepts, for example that small bronze finds often come from discards in
periods of demonetisation and/or low commercial activity, rather than being
losses in a busy commercial environment.
Excavations at Cosa, in Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Volume XXXIV, 1980
Much of this consists of Ted Buttrey's catalogue and
analysis of the Republican coins found there. Quite well done, but hard to
find.
An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, Margaret Thompson, Otto Morkholm, Colin Kraay
Inexpensive and interesting to browse
to see where Roman coins mixed into Greek coin hoards.
Coin Hoards, Sydney Noe, ANS NNM 1920
A small book about what we can learn
from hoards, still valid nearly a century later.
Amandry, M.
Castellvi, G. Richard, J.-C. Marichal, R. Les monnaies de la Republique et la
Via Domitia Perpignan 1998
Not reviewed
A hoard of Republican asses
from Rome, T.V. Buttrey, Numismatic Chronicle 1973
Worth mentioning simply because
well-reported Republican bronze hoards are very rare.
Not Useful
Numismatic Archaeology, K. A. Sheedy and Ch. Papageorgiadou-Banis
There are many better books that cover the same ground as this.
Coins and Archaeology, Lloyd Laing, London 1969
Riddled with basic numismatic errors.
Valuable as a source of amusement if nothing else.