Carradice, Ian, and Theodore V. Buttrey. The Roman Imperial Coinage. Volume II, Part 1: From AD 69 to AD 96, Vespasian to Domitian, Second Fully Revised Edition. London, 2008. Hardbound with dust jacket, xxiv + 404 pp., illustrated with 160 plates of coins. (R257) $185.
First published in 1926, this volume in the RIC series originally covered the period from AD 69-138. Since that time, the discovery of new types and a reassessment of the complex minting practices of the Flavian Dynasty (AD 69-96), not only required a revision of that volume, but necessitated publishing a separate volume for that period alone.
Following the format of the similar volume in BMCRE, the editors have provided a general introduction as well as more detailed introductions to the coinage of each reign than that found in the original RIC II volume. Each excursus provides informative commentary on mints and significant aspects of this important coinage, culminating in a thorough overview of Flavian coinage in general.
This edition includes a number of heretofore unknown and unpublished varieties as well as the removal of many unverified or dubious types. The product of long and careful scholarship, this volume provides numismatists and collectors, historians, and archaeologists with a current and detailed source of information on the coinage of this important dynasty.
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