![]() It is mainly devoted to an examination of the different subdivisions of the province, i.e. The first chapter (21-28) offers an introduction to the creation, development, and administration of the province of Asia. The book closes with indices, maps, bibliography, and 67 plates. Two annexes with a list of emperors mentioned in the text and a table of cities minting in the period 238-244 AD follow. The second main part is basically a catalogue, but it advances somewhat beyond that by providing useful introductions to each city. The first part is in turn subdivided into chapters giving the geographic and historical framework for the book, an examination of the iconographic types and legends of the coins, a study of coin production and metrology, and finally a brief chapter on the historical interpretation of the material. The book is divided into two main parts: a historical study (21-97) examines and interprets the coins collected in the following numismatic study (99-286). those that bear no image of the emperor but can with reasonable certainty be attributed to this period. Nevertheless, the material is rich, with 73 minting cities, and includes the pseudo-autonomous coins, i.e. The restriction to a single province (other volumes present all the coinage of the empire for the period covered) stems from the fact that the book is based on the author’s doctoral thesis. The bulk of the coinage comes, not surprisingly, from the period of Gordian III who is the only one of these emperors to rule longer than a few months no coins are known from his uncle, Gordian II. This limited chronological scope allows for a synchronic comparison between the cities of the province, and thus for thorough and very interesting historical studies of the material. Volume VII comprises the coins of the cities of provincia Asiae during the rule of the three Gordiani, Pupienus, and Balbinus. This is, however, justified since it is preferable to have and be able to use what is available. 4 With these parts, the period from 44 BC to 96 AD has been covered, so that the appearance of volume VII leaves a gap of 142 years. ![]() Thus, volume I appeared in 1992, 1 volume II in 1999 2 in 1998, addenda to volume I were published in print, 3 while addenda to the same volume and to volume II are now available on the web. The pattern of publication is somewhat unusual in that the published volumes do not come out in the order set by the plan of the overall work. This immense undertaking, when completed, will be of the greatest value, but until then patience is required from the editors and the authors as well as from the scholarly public. Burnett (British Museum, London) that aims to present the entire provincial coinage of the Roman Empire so far published in numerous publications of coin collections and sales catalogues in chronological order, and, within each chronological period, in geographical order. Amandry (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris) and A. ![]() ![]() Roman Provincial Coinage is a highly ambitious international project under the direction of M. ![]()
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