Philippa Walton 2012, 'Rethinking Roman Britain: Coinage and Archaeology' Editions Moneta 274p, b/w illus.
Saw this in the Oxbow catalogue, I ought to get it I suppose, though its a bit pricey. This is one of a long series of studies from the UK in which coins-as-archaeological-artefacts are used in normal archaeological interpretation.
AbstractOnce again, the coins can only be used in this manner because their findspot details are recorded and can be linked with specific types of sites as Richard Reece was doing back in the 1970s. All this information is lost when coins are hoiked out and sold off to and by middlemen who select out the nicer ones and dump the rest on the market as those ubiquitous bulk lots. Perhaps the coineys who buy the latter for their 'zapping' or 'one-of-each type' collecting or whatever it is they do with them, ought to read this book.
This volume explores the potential of the coin data (approximately 220,000 coins to date) recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme alongside that from archaeological sites as a tool for understanding the development of the Roman province of Britannia. A variety of case-studies analyse patterns of coin loss to evaluate when, where, by whom and for what purpose coinage was used. Thematic issues such as 'regionality' and 'Romanisation' are also considered.
The PAS records contain findspot information for approximately 220,000 Roman coins. Philippa Walton currently works as a Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins at the British Museum.
When I tried to find out more, Amazon says it is "currently unavailable" .
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