Debasement (book)

This looks interesting. Has anybody read it?

 

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I have not, but familiar material! The teacher who first got me interested in numismatics studied in graduate school with the author. I’m sure he’ll be interested in seeing this.

 

I haven't read the book, but most of my coining happens in "de basement".

 

Amazon is taking pre-orders so it may be out in the UK but has not made it to the US.
https://www.amazon.com/Debasement-M...d=1&keywords=debasement&qid=1587097378&sr=8-4

 

It is edited by Butcher. Here is the Table of contents (taken from Amazon):

Table of Contents

Introduction
Kevin Butcher

PART I COIN DEBASEMENT: APPROACHES AND EXPLANATIONS

1. The scientific analysis of coinage: expectations, realities, problems and potential
Matthew Ponting
2. Debasement in the ancient and medieval worlds: explanations and theories
Martin Allen
3. Gold coinage and debasement. A preliminary examination of the fineness of Roman gold coinage from the Republic and early Empire
Arnaud Suspène, Maryse Blet-Lemarquand and Dorian Bocciarelli
4. Coin debasement, climate and contagion in second-century Egypt: some intersections
Colin P. Elliott

PART II COIN PRODUCTION, METAL SUPPLY AND DEBASEMENT

5. Experiments reproducing Roman debased alloys
Nicola George
6. From Owls to Eagles. Metallic composition of Egyptian coinage (5th– 1stc. BC)
Thomas Faucher and Julien Olivier
7. Gold and silver mining in the Roman Empire
Alfred Hirt
8. Metal and system in Roman mints. Flan production, quality control and the internal organisation of minting establishments during the Principate
Bernhard E. Woytek

PART III DEBASEMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

9. The Severan reforms of the late second century AD: a case of monetary déjà vu?
Nathan Murphy
10. Inflation and monetary reforms in the fourth century: Dioetian’s twin edicts of AD 301
Gilles Bransbourg
11. Denarii mixti: Debasement and rhetoric in the early Middle Ages (5th-11th centuries)
Rory Naismith
12. Was later medieval sterling too strong?
Nick Mayhew

 

Thanks for the heads up! Certainly a book I'll be looking forward too!

 

A very prescient post, given current advocacy for MMT (modern monetary, or unlimited central bank financing of government spending). Thoughts, anyone? Is MMT blatant currency debasement?

 

Looks like a very interesting read. Thanks @Roman Collector !

 

I'd love it if someone did a formal review for KOINON IV (2021).

 

This looks fascinating, particularly the sections on silver and gold mining and flan production.

 

I placed it in queue for our library's ordering several months ago. Amazon shows a release date of 20 April. A friend told me one of the chapters shows much earlier debasement of Roman gold than we had expected. Can't wait to see it.