Coins and samian ware
Subtitle: a study of the dating of coin-loss and the deposition of samian ware (terra sigillata), with a discussion of the decline of samian ware manufacture in the NW provinces of the Roman Empire, late 2nd to mid 3rd centuries AD
By: Anthony C. King,
Series: BAR international series -- 2573; BAR international series -- 2573.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781407311944
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Arretine Pottery; Roman Coins
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (287-322).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a 'historical' problem; title: The methodology and theory of samian ware chronology --; title: Coin-life and coin-loss in the late second and early third centuries --; title: Associated groups of samian ware: compiling a database --; title: Coin-associated groups of samian ware --; title: The decline of samian ware manufacture. Part 1: A review of production and distribution --; title: The decline of samian ware manufacture. Part 2: Factors of decline ---- Appendix 1. Percentages of silver coins per period in hoards of the mid second to mid third centuries-- Appendix 2. Percentages of bronze coins per period in hoards of the mid second to mid third centuries-- Appendix 3. Zugmantel coin site-finds: further considerations-- Appendix 4. Concordance Table of Argonne potters and ovolos-- Appendix 5. Rheinzabern: comparison of stylistic groups and chronology-- Appendix 6. The extent of residuality, and the estimated date-range of the deposits given in the Gazeteer, sections A-C-- Appendix 7. Dated samian ware sherds in deposits of c. 150-280+, from Gazetteer section A, based on estimated dates of loss of associated coins-- Appendix 8. Dated samian ware sherds in deposits of c. 150-280+, from Gazetteer secion A, based on dates of loss of associated coins-- Appendix 9. Regional distribution and complete listing of identified samian ware in deposits c. 150-280+, in Gazetteer sections A and B-- Appendix 10. List and bibliography of samian ware kiln-sites and related discoveries dating to c 150-250.