Counterfeits, Imitations, and Copies of Roman Imperial Denarii: Making and Faking Coins on Both Sides of the Limes - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 250361244X ISBN 13: 9782503612447

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2025

Synopsis

Roman Imperial denarii from the first-third centuries AD are, almost without exception, the most common ancient coinage to be found in Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe beyond the Roman limes. Perhaps surprisingly, however, a significant percentage of these coins are in fact counterfeit, comprised largely of denarii subaerati (plated denarii, fourrees) and denarii flati (base metal cast copies). Moreover, these fake coins were not only manufactured by Romans themselves, but also by barbarian peoples in Eastern Europe, far from the Roman limes, in what should be considered a mass-scale phenomena. This volume draws together archaeological, numismatic, and historical research in order to offer a new assessment of the production and use of counterfeit Roman Imperial denarii both within the European provinces of the Roman Empire and in European Barbaricum. Drawing on the results of the research project Barbarian Fakers. Manufacturing and Use of Counterfeit Roman Imperial Denarii in East-Central Europe in Antiquity, from the University of Warsaw, the papers gathered here explore the transfer of ideas, technology, and finished products that led to the transfer of counterfeit coinage across the Empire, and shed light on how, why, and when such coins were created and used.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2025
• ISBN 10: 250361244X
• ISBN 13: 9782503612447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Dymowski Arkadiusz, Myzgin Kyrylo