Richard Reece. The coinage of Roman Britain.(Book Review)

From: Antiquity | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

RICHARD REECE. The coinage of Roman Britain. 160 pages, 46 figures, 44 colour photographs. 2002. Stroud & Charleston (SC): Tempus; 0-7524-2523-4 paperback 17.99 [pounds sterling] & $29.99.

This book, his second general account of the subject, is written by the doyen of studies of Roman coin circulation in Britain, Richard Reece. One might think that it represents his definitive views on the subject but I suspect that he would be shaking his head violently at that notion and hopefully we can look forward to much more work from him which will expand on or change the ideas ...

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