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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2281153, member: 82616&quot;]I recently acquired <i>The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan </i>by Kevin Butcher and Matthew Ponting. This is a tremendous tome which goes into great detail about the silver issues of the late first century. With over 800 pages to digest it is not a &#039;light&#039; read!</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the major issues, both imperial and provincial, are discussed. There is so much more here than just the metallurgy of the coinage. It&#039;s almost a whole new interpretation of imperial finances. Building upon the pioneering work of David Walker, the authors show that the imperial coinage was much more complicated than we ever thought possible. It&#039;s not the story of a slow decline as previously conjectured. A tremendous and ground breaking work!</p><p><br /></p><p>The book is indeed expensive, but well worth it. Forego a coin if you must, you won&#039;t be disappointed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455878[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And in no way did the fact I have an obverse die match with the cover coin influence my praise of this work. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455879[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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