Coins and samian ware : a study of the dating of coin-loss and the deposition of samian ware (terra sigillata), with a discussion of the decline of samian ware manufacture in the NW provinces of the Roman Empire, late 2nd to mid 3rd centuries AD / Anthony C. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Anthony, 1954-

Series:

BAR international series ; 2573.

BAR international series ; 2573

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pottery, Arretine.

Coins, Roman.

Physical Description:

vi, 322 pages : black and white illustrations, black and white maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction: a 'historical' problem

The methodology and theory of samian ware chronology

Coin-life and coin-loss in the late second and early third centuries

Associated groups of samian ware: compiling a database

Coin-associated groups of samian ware

The decline of samian ware manufacture. Part 1: A review of production and distribution

The decline of samian ware manufacture. Part 2: Factors of decline

Appendix 1. Percentages of silver coins per period in hoards of the mid second to mid third centuries

Appendix 2. Percentages of bronze coins per period in hoards of the mid second to mid third centuries

Appendix 3. Zugmantel coin site-finds: further considerations

Appendix 4. Concordance Table of Argonne potters and ovolos

Appendix 5. Rheinzabern: comparison of stylistic groups and chronology

Appendix 6. The extent of residuality, and the estimated date-range of the deposits given in the Gazeteer, sections A-C

Appendix 7. Dated samian ware sherds in deposits of c. 150-280+, from Gazetteer section A, based on estimated dates of loss of associated coins

Appendix 8. Dated samian ware sherds in deposits of c. 150-280+, from Gazetteer secion A, based on dates of loss of associated coins

Appendix 9. Regional distribution and complete listing of identified samian ware in deposits c. 150-280+, in Gazetteer sections A and B

Appendix 10. List and bibliography of samian ware kiln-sites and related discoveries dating to c 150-250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (287-322).

ISBN:

1407311948

9781407311944

OCLC:

864358628