Imperial Legitimation
Subtitle: The Iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial Coinage of the Third Century AD
Publisher: Spink & Son Limited
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781912667475
Description: This fascinating study of the iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial coinage of the Third Century AD, which started as a master's dissertation, also includes all Roman coins that have the Saecular Games types, down to 300 AD. The first study of its kind, it also gives a reconstruction of the Games and appendices with texts from well-known classical authors.