The remarkable Herodian dynasty flourished from the second century BCE to the second century CE. This book examines its origins, measures its impact on Jewish society, and discusses the influence it had beyond Judaea. It argues that the Herodian dynasty played a central part in the workings of the Eastern Roman Empire. The author suggests that Herod the Great would be better described as a 'Hellenized Phoenician' rather than simply as an 'Idumaean' and draws on a variety of evidence to support this view. The Herodian dynasty is seen in the context of the political structure of the province of Judaea and life in Greco-Roman Palestine as a whole.

A comprehensive guide to the protocol and regulations of wearing orders, decorations and medals currently in force in the United Kingdom and its associated territories.

This book, written by an expert in the field and drawing on recent research, aims to put Britain's eighteenth-century provincial token coinage into the context of the currency problems of the time. On the basis of a wide-range of both documentary and secondary sources it examines its major manufacturers and their intentions, and through profiles of many of the issuers involved it sets out to give a living dimension to a bygone monetary phenomenon.

The original edition of this volume was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through three revisions (1970, 1974, and 1981). The only one-volume price guide to the coinage of Republican and Imperial Rome. It is an indispensable listing of all major types of gold, silver and bronze, issued over some seven hundred and fifty years by the greatest militaristic state the world has ever known. Over 4,300 coins are included with detailed description and valuations and all major and minor personalities are listed by means of their portrait coins. This fourth revised edition takes note of recent work in the field, especially that of Professor Michael Crawford.

Volume II now extends coverage of the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman imperial coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denomination and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades.

This large volume comprises forty-two essays given in honour of the late Martin Jessop Price, a leading authority on Greek coinage, and an active member of the Royal Numismatics Society and the British Academy's Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum project. The essays cover a broad range of subjects and issues including coins from Phyrgia, Pergamon, Samos, Athens, Syracuse, Lydia, Cyprus, the Black Sea and Poseidonia-Paestum, addressing questions of history, iconography, subject matter, links to political and social change and economic values. Contributors include: John Barron, Andrew Burnett, Nicholas Hardwick, Ann Johnston, Georges Le Rider, John Morcom, N K Rutter, Jeffrey Spier and Ute Wartenberg . Includes a bibliography of Martin Jessop Price. Essays in English and French.

This volume presents the Greek coins in the collection of Robert Edward Hart (1878-1946), notable for its broad coverage of all the Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, and for the fine quality of its coins.

The first volume of this catalogue deals with the issues of the Greek cities in Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Macedon and Thrace, Illyria and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands and Crete; also the Punic and Romano-Celtiberian coinage of Spain, and the Celtic coinages of Gaul, Britain (uninscribed issues), and Central Europe. The primary arrangement is geographical (west to east) and the listings are divided between Archaic issues (before circa 480 BC) and Classical and Hellenistic (later 5th century down to 1st century BC).