Morgantina studies. Volume II, The coins / Theodore V. Buttrey [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buttrey, Theodore V., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sicily (Italy)--Antiquities.

Sicily (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages).

Other Title:

Coins

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume continues documenting the well-known excavations at Morgantina, a Greek town in central Sicily, in a presentation of the largest body of coins ever unearthed at an Italian site and published as a group. The excavations, conducted by Princeton University, The University of Illinois, and The University of Virginia between 1955 and 1981, produced nearly 10,000 identifiable coins--most of them at of Sicilian Greek and Roman issues, struck before the end of the first century B.C. The numismatic evidence not only made possible the initial identification fo the side as Morgantina, but has subsequently opened the way to reconstructing the history of early Roman Republican coinage and the bronze coinage of Greek Sicily. The catalogue presents a full list of the coins found at Morgantina through the 1981 season, with discussion of significant issues and illustrations of 679 specimens. A completed corpus and study of the coins struck at Morgantina is also included. Theodore V. Buttrey is Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. Kenan T. Erim is Professor of Classical Archaeology at New York University. Thomas. D. Groves is a graduate student in the Department of Classical Archaeology at Princeton University. R. Ross Holloway is Professor of Classical Archaeology at Brown University.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Bibliography of Articles Dealing with the Morgantina Coins by Members of the Princeton Excavations

I. The Mint of Morgantina / Erim, Kenan T. / aunzems, Eva

II. Catalogue of Coins Found during the Years 1955-1981 / Buttrey, Theodore V. / Erim, Kenan T. / Holloway, R. Ross / Groves, Thomas D. / Visonà, Paolo

III. Catalogue of Stratigraphically Related Coins / Holloway, R. Ross

IV. Catalogue of Stratigraphically Related Coins / Groves, Thomas D.

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II

APPENDIX III

Index

List of Plates

PLATES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691656090

0691656096

9780691200637

0691200637

OCLC:

1103999301