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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
Mint Organisation, Mint Techniques, Issues
and Circulation
Useful
Ancient Dies and Coining
Methods,
Cornelius Vermeule, London 1954
An elementary book on coining techniques that has stood the
test of time.
Antike Münzen (Römische Republik und
Augustus), Sammlung Zwicker, Teil 6, Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek, 1999
A well-produced but otherwise undistinguished minor
collection catalogue, this is valuable for its comprehensive metallurgical
analysis of a wide range of Republican coins.
Crawford Michael Editing Title: Sources for Ancient History
Archeological
techniques with a chapter on the numismatic method.
Recherches sur l'Organisation et l'art des
Emissoin Monetaires de la Republique Romaine, Hubert Zehnacker, 2 Volumes, Rome
1973
A large work
(1200 pages) in French on mint control and organisation of Republican coinage
and on typology. It contains lots of interesting material but was issued just
prior to Crawford’s RRC hence was immediately overshadowed by Crawford’s views
on the same subjects, e.g. control marks. Unfortunately it is poorly
illustrated with just a few plates in volume 2 illustrating only a small
sub-section of the coins discussed, further detracting from what was evidently
a major piece of research.
The Denarii of P.Crepusius and Roman Republican Mint Organisation, T.V. Buttrey, ANS Notes 21, 1976
Study of the Crepusius issue,
of interest due to its sequential die numbering so that we are near certain how
many dies originally existed.
The management
of the Roman Republican mint, H.B. Mattingly, in AIIN29, 1982
Addresses moneyers, responsibility
for coinage, standards and denominations, and mint control. Reprinted in HB
Mattingly’s From Coins to History.
Spesa militare, spesa dello stato e volume delle
emissioni nella tarde repubblica, Elio Lo Cascio, AIIN29, 1982
Reassessment of Crawford’s use of military costs as a proxy to determine long-run
coinage issue volumes.
La Legislazione Sillana in materia di
falso nummario, Barnardo Santalucia, AIIN29, 1982
Interpretation of Sullan legislation
on forgeries, in the context of statements by Pliny and others
Breves remarques sur les banques et le credit, au
premiere siecle avant J-C, Jean Andreau, AIIN 29, 1982
Issues of credit and financing of
business activities. The discussion comments on notable Republican businessmen
and financiers (e.g. Crassus, Gabinius, Egnatius Rufus, Brutus).
Coinage,
credit and the aerarium in the 80's BC, Jonathan Williams,
in essays Hersh 1998
Credit and financing issues and the relationship to
coin output.
Systemes et Technologie des Monnaies de
Bronze, Bouyon, Depeyrot, Desnier, Moneata 19, 2000
Comprehensive overview of the techniques used
to make bronze coins. Not specific to the Roman Republic, but relevant.
Roman Coins and Public Life under the Empire G.M. Paul and M. Ierardi eds. Michigan 1999
Essays on numismatic method, mainly relating
to the Empire but the techniques under discussion are equally relevant to the
Republic. A very provocative essay on “coins as primary evidence” uses our
supposed knowledge about several Republican issues to illustrate serious
weaknesses in historical numismatic methods that underpin long-standing
conclusions on attribution and dating.
Modern Counterfeits and Replicas of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins from Bulgaria (2003); Contemporary Coin Engravers and Coin Masters from Bulgaria - "Lipanoff Studio" (2004); Cast forgeries of classical coins from Bulgaria (2005); Counterfeit Studios And Their Coins (2005); I. Prokopov & other authors
Four little books with
photographs of modern forgeries from Bulgaria. The first three books are
overpriced relative to their information content since the forgeries are
generally poor quality and easy to recognize and there is no discussion on
technique. However the fourth book includes diagnostics and was favourably
reviewed in the August 2005 Celator. Many of the Republican forgeries (which
crop up regularly on eBay) are illustrated on the www.ancients.info
site:
http://www.ancients.info/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/518/page/14/sort/1/perpage/9