foreign publications
Sayles Wayne G. - Ancient Coin Collecting III. The Roman World - Politics and Propaganda, 2nd edition, Iola, 2007, ISBN 9780896894785
291 pages B5 format, hardcover with wrapper.
An illustrated, cross-sectional study of the minting of the Roman republic and empire (3rd century BC - 5th century AD from Scipio Africanus to Anastasius) with attention to the issue of politics and propaganda depicted on the coins of the time. Each of the sections describing the rulers described has links to further literature on the subject. The book includes maps, a list of mints, denomination tables, more than 300 illustrations, allowing confident identification of coins, an extensive gallery of portraits of Roman emperors depicted on coins. A separate section shows masterpieces of Roman minting. It also includes chapters devoted to showing architecture, astrology, mythology, religion, marriages, virtues, military life, conquests, the navy and more on coins. The book concludes with a glossary, bibliography and index. A valuable reference tool of Roman minting.
