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ROME'S Rise to Power. Geochemical Analysis of Silver Coinage from the Western Mediterranean (Fourth to Second Centuries BCE) |
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| Authors: | K. J. Westner T. Birch F. Kemmers S. Klein H. E. Höfer H.-M. Seitz |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Abt. II. Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, D-60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;2. Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Aarhus University, Moesgård Allé 20, DK-8270, Højbjerg, Denmark;3. Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Archäometallurgie, Am Bergbaumuseum 31, D-44791 Bochum, Germany Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;4. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Frankfurt Isotope and Element Research Center (FIERCE), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Altenhöferallee 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Rome silver coinage Western Mediterranean Pb isotopes trace elements Second Punic War |