The intermittent imperials revisited: discontinuous production, die sharing, and the function of Roman provincial coinage

• Autores: George C. Watson
• Localización: Revue belge de numismatique et de sigillographie, ISSN 0774-5885, Nº. 168, 2022, págs. 39-53
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper investigates one of the most distinctive features of the Roman provincial coinage, namely its highly intermittent production, particularly at smaller cities. It asks whether these strange rhythms of coining can be explained by the system of coin production. I conclude that the availability (or unavailability) of dies could, in some cases, have influenced the decisions of cities to begin, resume, or cease striking, but there are also instances where this does not seem to have been the case. Finally, I question the robustness of the view that the provincial coina?ge was primarily intended to serve as small change, in the light of the fact that cities might have been restrained by the system of production as to when and how they struck coinage.