Roman coins and public life under the empire

"The legends and portraits that coins bear make them a unique source of information about the ancient world. In the Roman Empire, coinage was issued by or with the approval of the government. The representations and legends they show therefore present an official, and important, view of contemporary affairs."--BOOK JACKET. "The essays that make up this volume show that the interests and skills of ancient historians and numismatists are moving the two disciplines closer together, toward a more unified view on the use and value of numismatic evidence. Roman Coins and Public Life under the Empire provides evidence for the kind of deductions that the historian may make from Roman coins as well as offering illustrations of the pitfalls that await the unwary."--BOOK JACKET. "The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies, at McMaster University."--BOOK JACKET.