The Roman denarius under the Julio-Claudian emperors: Mints, metallurgy and technology

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-197

  Butcher, Kevin ^a   Ponting, Matthew ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLURGY;

MENTHA; ROMAN;

EID: 18844453224     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2005.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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