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1 online resource (338 pages). |
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Archaeopress Roman Archaeology Ser. ; v. 59
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Archaeopress Roman Archaeology Ser.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Title Page; Copyright Page; List of Figures; Foreword and Acknowledgments; List of bibliographic abbreviations; Beau Street, Bath: Overview; Richard Abdy; The Beau Street Hoard: A Summary Account of the Archaeological Context; Mark Corney; The Composition of the Hoard; Benedict Sayers; Laboratory Excavation and Conservation; Julia Tubman; A third century crisis?; The composition and metallurgy of Roman silver coinage; Septimius Severus to Valerian and Gallienus; Kevin Butcher13 and Matthew Ponting14 |
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Beau Street, Bath, hoard: breakdown by bag (excluding a stray 4thC AD nummus)Figure 1. Site location.; Figure 2. Detail plan of Area 1 showing hoard location; Figure 3. Roman wall 1621 under excavation; Figure 4. Plan of the hoard as first exposed; Figure 5. The hoard as first exposed; Figure 6. Detail view of the hoard showing areas of organic staining; Figure 7. Lifting the hoard; Figure 1. Bag 6 by denomination; Figure 2. Contents of Bag 6: number of coins per emperor; Figure 3. Contents of Bag 1: number of coins per emperor; Figure 4. Bag 1 by denomination |
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Figure 5. Bag 3 by denominationFigure 6. Contents of Bag 3: number of coins per emperor; Figure 7. Bag 4 by denomination; Figure 8. Contents of Bag 4: number of coins per emperor; Figure 10. Contents of bag 5: number of coins per emperor; Figure 11. Bag 2 by denomination; Figure 9. Bag 5 by denomination; Figure 12. Contents of Bag 2: number of coins per emperor; Figure 13. Bag 7 by denomination; Figure 14. Contents of bag 7: number of coin per emperor; Figure 15. Bag 8 by denomination; Figure 16. Contents of bag 8: number of coins per emperor; Figure 17. Loose coins by denomination |
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Figure 18. Loose coins: number of coins per emperorFigure 19. The entire hoard by denomination; Figure 20. Contents of the entire hoard: number of coins per emperor; Figure 1. X-radiographic image of the Beau Street hoard, with numbered moneybags. (University of Southampton); Figure 2. The block, from the top (side E) with labelled sides, on the first day of the excavation, 16.04.2012.; Figure 3. The excavated hoard prior to the removal of any moneybags (bags 5 and 6 are numbered).; Figure 4. Desiccated material attached to radiate coin |
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Figure 5. Bags 1 and 4, after the removal of bags 5 and 6. Figure 6. Bags 7 and 8, found partway through the excavation of bag 2.; Figure 7. Bag 4, the last moneybag to be excavated and prior to its 3D replication.; Figure 8. The base of the soil block after the removal of the bulk of the hoard.; Catalogue of the Bags; Benedict Sayers, with Richard Abdy, Verity Anthony, ; Eleanor Ghey and Rachel Wilkinson; Bag 1; Bag 2; Bag 3; Bag 4; Bag 5; Bag 6; Bag 7; Bag 8; Loose Coins; Plate concordance; Plates; Back cover |
| Summary |
The remarkable discovery of the Beau Street Hoard captured the public imagination and became the focus for a major scientific investigation and a significant learning and public engagement programme. This book provides a thorough and complete publication and analysis of the hoard, which is one of the largest yet found in a Roman town in Britain. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Coins, Roman -- England -- Bath.
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Coins, Roman. |
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England -- Bath. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Bath.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Bath (England) -- Antiquities, Roman.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Abdy, Richard.
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Clews, Stephen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anthony, Verity. Beau Street, Bath Hoard. Oxford : Archaeopress, ©2019 |
| ISBN |
9781784915957 (electronic book) |
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1784915955 (electronic book) |
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9781784915940 (hardback) |
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1784915947 |
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