Coins were the most deliberate of all symbols of public communal identities, yet the Roman historian will look in vain for any good introduction to, or systematic treatment of, the subject. Sixteen leading international scholars have sought to address this need by producing this authoritative collection of essays, which ranges over the whole Roman world from Britain to Egypt, from 200 BC to AD 300. The subject is approached through surveys of the broad geographical and chronological structure of the evidence, through chapters which focus on ways of expressing identity, and through regional studies which place the numismatic evidence in local context. Contributors to this volume - Andrew Burnett, British Museum Kevin Butcher, American University of Beirut Angelo Geissen, Institut fur Altertumskunde, University of Cologne Martin Goodman, University of Oxford Volker Heuchert, Ashmolean Museum Christopher Howgego, Ashmolean Museum & University of Oxford Dietrich O. A. Klose, Staatliche Munzsammlung, Munich Sophia Kremydi-Sicilianou, Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Hellenic Research Foundation Alla Kushnir-Stein, Tel-Aviv University Ulrike Peter, Griechisches Munzwerk of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Simon Price, University of Oxford Pere Pau Ripolles, University of Valencia Peter Weiss, University of Kiel Bernhard Weisser, Munzkabinett, Berlin Jonathan Williams, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum George Williamson, Eastern Adriatic Department of the Foreign Office
