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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2855107, member: 74282"]My copy of "Essays in Honour of Roberto Russo"(Essays Russo) came in today and I spent a considerable portion of the day reading it and forming an opinion. In short, I honestly believe that this book should be in anyone's library who aims to really study Republican numismatics, either from an academic perspective or simply a collector who wants to better understand these coins. I'm not going to review every single paper in the book but here are some highlights of a few of them:</p><ul> <li>Andrew McCabe "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic: A Provisional Arrangement" - I think this paper will become the standard for attribution of anonymous Roman Republic bronzes. The arrangement is far more granular than that presented in Crawford and with far more thorough treatment of these coins and its importance cannot be understated. Essential if you want to collect and understand these types</li> <li>Richard Schaefer "A Find of Roman Coins from Campamento Ampurias" - a short paper on an interesting find from the Roman camp, which later became a town, beside the Greek city of Emporion(modern Empúries in Northern Spain). Rather than being a savings hoard or hastily hidden emergency hoard, this hoard seems to have simply been an average citizen or soldier's coinpurse that somehow was lost. No shocking conclusions from this hoard, but an interesting look at coins in circulation in Roman Spain circa 145 B.C.</li> <li>Roberto Russo "The Retariffing of the Denarius" - Interestingly, Roberto Russo himself wrote what I consider to be the most thought provoking of the papers published in the festschrift compiled in his honor. I cannot easily summarize the conclusions of this paper in any way that does it justice but I can tell you that, for me, it has satisfactorily answered two questions that I've wondered about since I began collecting RR bronzes: "Why did the Romans temporarily stop minting bronze in connection with the retariffing of the denarius to 16 asses?" and "Why, after minting so much during the Social War, did the Romans cease minting of bronze after Sulla's march on Rome?". Read Russo's paper to find out!</li> <li>Richard Witschonke "Some Unpublished Roman Republican Coins" - Provides an excellent and concise summary and discussion of the unpublished types and varieties(and also some published but not illustrated in Crawford) that showed up in the RBW Collection and JD Collection sales held by NAC. Once again, this paper really should be seen as an essential update to Crawford for a student of these coins</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>I could go on and on about this volume, it really is worth every penny even if you have to buy it at full retail price. I consider this an important update to Crawford in many ways and until(and probably even after) a new standard reference for Roman Republican types is written that incorporates much of this new information, this should be considered an essential part of any library on Republican numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2855107, member: 74282"]My copy of "Essays in Honour of Roberto Russo"(Essays Russo) came in today and I spent a considerable portion of the day reading it and forming an opinion. In short, I honestly believe that this book should be in anyone's library who aims to really study Republican numismatics, either from an academic perspective or simply a collector who wants to better understand these coins. I'm not going to review every single paper in the book but here are some highlights of a few of them: [LIST] [*]Andrew McCabe "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic: A Provisional Arrangement" - I think this paper will become the standard for attribution of anonymous Roman Republic bronzes. The arrangement is far more granular than that presented in Crawford and with far more thorough treatment of these coins and its importance cannot be understated. Essential if you want to collect and understand these types [*]Richard Schaefer "A Find of Roman Coins from Campamento Ampurias" - a short paper on an interesting find from the Roman camp, which later became a town, beside the Greek city of Emporion(modern Empúries in Northern Spain). Rather than being a savings hoard or hastily hidden emergency hoard, this hoard seems to have simply been an average citizen or soldier's coinpurse that somehow was lost. No shocking conclusions from this hoard, but an interesting look at coins in circulation in Roman Spain circa 145 B.C. [*]Roberto Russo "The Retariffing of the Denarius" - Interestingly, Roberto Russo himself wrote what I consider to be the most thought provoking of the papers published in the festschrift compiled in his honor. I cannot easily summarize the conclusions of this paper in any way that does it justice but I can tell you that, for me, it has satisfactorily answered two questions that I've wondered about since I began collecting RR bronzes: "Why did the Romans temporarily stop minting bronze in connection with the retariffing of the denarius to 16 asses?" and "Why, after minting so much during the Social War, did the Romans cease minting of bronze after Sulla's march on Rome?". Read Russo's paper to find out! [*]Richard Witschonke "Some Unpublished Roman Republican Coins" - Provides an excellent and concise summary and discussion of the unpublished types and varieties(and also some published but not illustrated in Crawford) that showed up in the RBW Collection and JD Collection sales held by NAC. Once again, this paper really should be seen as an essential update to Crawford for a student of these coins [/LIST] I could go on and on about this volume, it really is worth every penny even if you have to buy it at full retail price. I consider this an important update to Crawford in many ways and until(and probably even after) a new standard reference for Roman Republican types is written that incorporates much of this new information, this should be considered an essential part of any library on Republican numismatics.[/QUOTE]
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