Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius, Volume 1Dumbarton Oaks, 1992 - 499 pages This is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of the Byzantine volumes in the Dumbarton Oaks series, with a substantial introduction dealing with the history of the coinage, including iconography, mints, and monetary system. In this volume, however, all the coins are illustrated in the plates. |
Contents
Historical and Numismatic Background | 4 |
Hoards and Coin Finds | 15 |
The Monetary System | 27 |
Mints and Mint Activity | 48 |
Types and Inscriptions | 67 |
Arcadius 383408 | 93 |
40250 | 136 |
Marcian 45057 | 157 |
Petronius Maximus 455 | 247 |
4615 | 253 |
Euphemia wife of Anthemius 46772? | 260 |
Julius Nepos 47480 | 266 |
Imperial Consulships 380479 | 273 |
Forgeries | 296 |
CATALOGUE OF THE COINS | 302 |
Background to the Collections and List of Previous Owners | 339 |
Verina wife of Leo I 45784 | 170 |
Basiliscus 4756 | 177 |
Leontius pretender in the East 4848 | 190 |
421 | 225 |
42555 | 233 |
Presentation of the Catalogue and Plates | 345 |
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Common terms and phrases
Anthemius Antioch Aquileia Arcadius Arles Armored bust attributed augustus Basiliscus Bastien bronze BSFN Byzantine Chi-Rho Christogram coinage coins struck COMOB CONOB Constantine Constantine III Constantinople consular Cross in wreath Cyzicus denomination Dumbarton Oaks Eastern Emperor standing empress Eudoxia exergue field fifth century fourth century Galla Placidia Gaul globe globus cruciger gold Grierson half-siliquae hoard holding long cross Honorius illus imperial inscr inscription issue Italy Julius Nepos labarum Lacam pl Lafaurie Late Roman Licinia Eudoxia LRBC Marcian Maximus Milan miliarense mint-mark mints MIRB monogram MVLT Nepos nummi obverse legend officina numeral Pearce pearl diadem Peirce period profile bust Pulcheria Ravenna Refs reign reverse type Rome semisses semissis shield siliquae silver coins solidi specimens spurning captive star Theodosius Theodosius II Thessalonica tremisses Trier UB pl Valentinian Valentinian III Victory advancing VOT XXX vota Western Whittemore Loan Zeno