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The supply and movement of Denarii in Roman Britain

Creighton, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4608-9202 (2014) The supply and movement of Denarii in Roman Britain. Britannia, 45. pp. 121-163. ISSN 1753-5352

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1017/S0068113X14000282

Abstract/Summary

Hoards of denarii are common in Britain and the number which have been recorded in detail means that it is now possible to suggest reasonably accurately what a ‘normal’ hoard of a particular date should look like. That being the case, we can then look for variation around that norm and both investigate and speculate what that variation means. A methodology is developed which suggests periods of faster and less rapid coin circulation which has implications for consideration of monetisation. The model also enables us to view where denarii entered circulation; unsurprisingly the army looms large in this picture. The methodology is directly transferable to other provinces and other periods where there are longlived, relatively stable monetary systems.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Social Archaeology
Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Centre for Economic History
ID Code:36769
Uncontrolled Keywords:denarius; hoard; circulation; money-supply; Roman; Britannia
Publisher:Cambridge University Press for the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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