50 Finds of Roman Coinage: Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Roman coins are the largest single category of object recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, creating an extraordinary body of evidence for Roman Britain. In 50 Finds of Roman Coinage, numismatist Andrew Brown selects fifty discoveries to show what coins can reveal about the province from the conquest of AD 43 to the end of Roman rule in the early fifth century.

Moving beyond emperors and denominations, Brown uses individual finds and their archaeological contexts to explore military activity, the economy, religion, identity, rural settlement and Britain's relationship with the wider Roman Empire. The examples range from remarkable pieces to seemingly ordinary coins whose findspots tell important stories. Clear, thematic and richly illustrated, the book offers an accessible introduction to Roman coinage while demonstrating why coins are such valuable evidence for understanding Roman Britain.