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Roman Coins from

North-West England

David Shotter

CNWRS

Roman Coins from North-West England

David Shotter is Professor Emeritus of Roman Imperial History at Lancaster University.

His work on Roman coin-samples in North-West England is well-known through his writings and lectures. He has also published more generally on the history of Roman Britain and on aspects of Roman political history in the fi rst century AD.

His books include The Roman

Frontier in Britain (1996; Carnegie Publishing), Rome and Her Empire (2003; Longman), Romans and Britons in North-

West England (third edition, 2004; Centre for North-West Regional Studies) and Nero

Caesar Augustus (2008; Longman). He has also co-edited (with Peter Iles, ArchaeologicalAdvisor for Lancashire County Council) Lancaster’s Roman Cemeteries (2009; Centre for North-West Regional Studies).

Illustrations: Front: denarius of Hadrian

showing Moneta - the goddess of money - on the reverse.

Back, from the top: sestertius of Vespasian,

dupondius of Nerva, as of Vespasian, semis

(half-as) of Nero, quadrans (quarter-as) of

Hadrian.

Lancaster University

Centre for North-West

Regional StudiesCNWRS

£17.95