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Author Creighton, John, 1964-

Title Coins and power in late Iron Age Britain / John Creighton
Published Cambridge UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series New studies in archaeology
New studies in archaeology.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; British Iron Age coinage; Continental Iron Age coinage; Roman coinage; Mauretanian coinage; NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS USED; Introduction; 1 The Middle to Late Iron Age transition; The processes of change in Iron Age Britain: Cunliffe's model; Aspects of the critique of the existing model; Individual authority and the comitatus; Conclusion; 2 Coin and the representation of individual authority; The horse and the ritual basis of authority
Summary Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material culture. Includes full index of Iron Age coins
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43?
SUBJECT Cunobelinus, King of the Britons, -43? fast
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500
Coinage -- Great Britain -- History -- To 500
Coins, Celtic -- Great Britain
Britons -- Kings and rulers
Iron age -- Great Britain
Coins, British.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Britons -- Kings and rulers
Coinage
Coins, British
Coins, Celtic
Iron age
Power (Social sciences)
Munten.
Archeologische vondsten.
Münze -- keltische -- Grossbritannien.
Eisenzeit -- Grossbritannien.
Münze -- Macht -- Eisenzeit -- Grossbritannien.
Âge du fer -- Numismatique -- Grande-Bretagne -- Angleterre (GB)
Monnaies celtiques -- Grande-Bretagne -- Angleterre (GB)
Histoire économique -- Jusqu'à 500.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- To 55 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056720
Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C. to 449 A.D
Subject Great Britain
Kelten -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte Altertum.
Grossbritannien -- Eisenzeit -- Münze -- Macht.
Grande-Bretagne -- 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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