Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 577-592Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12547
Keywords
Rome; silver coinage; Western Mediterranean; Pb isotopes; trace elements; Second Punic War
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- AHRC [AH/S006273/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We present the results of geochemical analysis of silver coinage issued by Rome and dated between the fourth and second century BCE, which are complemented by data of coinage issued by Carthage, the Brettii, and the Greek colony of Emporion. Each of these minting authorities represents one of the major parties involved in the struggle for hegemony in the fourth to second centuries BCE Western Mediterranean region. This study retraces how the metal supply shifts in response to the transforming power relations and how this change is related to Rome's rise to the virtually uncontested ruler of the region.
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