Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius

by Philip Grierson, Melinda Mays

Overview

This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of the Byzantine volumes in the Dumbarton Oaks series, with a substantial introduction dealing with the history of the coinage, including iconography, mints, and the monetary system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780884021933
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series , #9
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

Philip Grierson (1910–2006) was a British historian, numismatist, and Professor of Numismatics at Cambridge University, as well as a fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

Editorial Reviews

This new volume, though described as a catalogue, might more properly be approached as the story of Late Roman coinage told through the magnificent collection at Dumbarton Oaks. Novice and scholar, historian and numismatist, will all find satisfying fare. The authors have fulfilled their aims admirably, and—equally important—they have done so at a price that makes their work accessible to virtually every library and scholar of the period.

American Journal of Archaeology