Money and Government in the Roman Empire
This book discusses minting and financial policy in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire. By studying Roman coin-survivals in a wider context, the author uncovers important facts about the origin of coin hoards of the Principate. The resulting analyses use extensive coin material collected for the first time. Dr. Duncan-Jones builds up a picture of minting, financial policy and monetary circulation that adds substantially to our knowledge and that stands as the only study of its kind...
Search in google:
A discussion of minting and financial policy in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire.
List of platesList of figuresList of tablesPrefaceAbbreviationsPt. IThe Economics of Empire11Surplus and deficit32Money, prices and inflation203The imperial budget334Tax and tax-cycles47Pt. IIThe Coin-Evidence655Coin-hoards and their origin676The implications of coin-hoards86Pt. IIIMoney and Money-Supply957Coinage and currency: an overview978The chronology of mint-output1139Reign-studies: the chronology and structure of coin-output12610The size of die-populations14411The size of coin-populations16312Mobility and immobility of coin17213Weight-loss and circulation-speed18014Wastage and reminting of coin19315Change and deterioration21316Contrast and variation in the coinage238App. 1. Payments of congiaria248App. 2. The chronology of minting under Tiberius250App. 3. Variations in land-tax in Egypt251App. 4. Assessments of tax-revenue in the sources253App. 5. Tax comparisons with Mughal India255App. 6. Hoards below the sampling threshold256App. 7. Rates of donative257App. 8. Programs for finding negative binomial k and for estimating die-populations258App. 9. Die-productivity in medieval evidence260App. 10. Aureus and denarius hoards used in the main analysis261Bibliography269Index284
