Coins, Banknotes, Medals, Seals (Numismatics)

From the earliest of times, coins have been used by states or monarchs to communicate with people; Coins of England is therefore not only a referen...

This book attempts to catalogue all known pattern and proof coins struck in gold, together with off-metal strikes and unofficial fantasies, also in...

P. Alan Rayner's revised fifth edition of Seaby's original ESC is by many still considered to be the standard work of reference for the series.  Ra...

This book presents the first large-scale comparative study of Iron Age coin mould. The subject of Iron Age minting techniques is an important one t...

Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition presents a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of T...

The fineness of Roman imperial and provincial coinage has been regarded as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the Roman Empire, with the ...

Studies of seals and sealing practices have traditionally investigated aspects of social, political, economic, and ideological systems in ancient s...

During the early Middle Ages ^^ when the Irish Sea became a melting pot of different cultures and a hotly contested political arena ^^ the Isle of ...

*A Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday Summer Read of 2024*The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through huma...

*A Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday Summer Read of 2024*The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through huma...

In Strings Attached, poet Diane DeCillis takes inspiration from the story of the elephant calf with a thin rope tied to its leg. Even when it grows...

This volume presents details, images and discussion of the contents of twenty English coin hoards, ranging in date from the 730s to the 1090s. Foun...

This volume was prompted by the recent discovery in Britain of two large coin hoards dating from the first decade of the fourth century AD Wold Ne...

This historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalogue to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the Decimal coinage of Q...

In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He res...

This complete chronological record of the Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Commonwealth soldiers during the Anglo-Zulu and Boer wars is an e...

This volume completes publication of the Anglo-Saxon component of the rich and diverse coin collection built up in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersb...

The peoples of pre-Roman Britain remain an enigma. Our perceptions are shaped by two narratives, that of contemporary Roman colonists and more rece...