Author: Walter DennisonPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A Gold Treasure of the Late Roman Period
Author: Walter DennisonThe Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure
Author: Peter S. W. GuestPublisher:
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Discovered in 1992, the Hoxne Treasure is perhaps the richest cache of gold and silver coins, jewellery and tableware from the entire Roman world. The core of this volume is the catalogue of the 15,000 late 4th- and early 5th-century gold and silver coins, together with an in-depth discussion of the production and supply of late Roman coinage. Hoxne's silver coins are particularly interesting, and the book also contains ground-breaking discussions of the silver content of Roman currency as well as of the peculiarly British phenomena of coin clipping and copying. The value of the Hoxne Treasure in shedding light on an otherwise dark period of British history also calls for a broader, non-numismatic perspective, and the volume includes an important chapter dealing with the social significance of precious metals in the later Roman empire, particularly their role in the gift-exchange networks that defined and maintained late Roman imperial society.
The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure
Author: Catherine JohnsPublisher:
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
discovered in Suffolk in November 1992. Buried in the fifth century ad, the spectacular finds included twenty-nine superb pieces of gold jewellery, a dozen silver vessels, nearly a hundred silver spoons, and about forty additional silver objects, as well as numerous objects made of ivory, bone and wood and more than 15,000 coins. --
Five Roman Gold Medallions, Or, Multiple Solidi of the Late Empire
Author: Agnes Baldwin BrettPublisher:
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Category : Coins, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Brooklyn Museum Quarterly
Author: God and Gold in Late Antiquity
Author: Dominic JanesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521594035
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century, vast sums of money were spent on the building and sumptuous decoration of churches. The resulting works of art contain many of the greatest monuments of late antique and early medieval society. But how did such expenditure fit with Christ's message of poverty and simplicity? In attempting to answer that question, this 1998 study employs theories on the use of metaphor to show how physical beauty could stand for spiritual excellence. As well as explaining the evolving attitudes to sanctity, decorum and display in Roman and medieval society, detailed analysis is made of case studies of Latin biblical exegesis and gold-ground mosaics so as to counterpoint the contemporary use of gold as a Christian image in art and text.
The Office of the Grand Chamberlain in the Later Roman and Byzantine Empires
Author: James Eugene DunlapPublisher:
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Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
American Journal of Archaeology
Author: Brooklyn Museum Quarterly
Author: The Classical Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This companion to the Classical Quarterly contains reviews of new work dealing with the literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. Over 300 books are reviewed each year.