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Cross-Channel hoarding in the late Iron Age and early Roman Periods (200 BC to AD 43)
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Swan, David (2020) Cross-Channel hoarding in the late Iron Age and early Roman Periods (200 BC to AD 43). PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b3598065
Abstract
It has long been recognised that Iron Age Britain and Gaul shared cultural similarities, which had developed throughout a long history of exchange across the English Channel, beginning from early prehistory. However, while it is known that coinage was introduced to Britain through Gaul, the implications of the introduction of this shared medium in cross-Channel relations have not yet been explored.
This paper uses coin hoards to understand how close the connection was between Gaul and Britain in the late Iron Age to early Roman periods (200 BC to AD 43). The metals of the coins within these hoards are mapped, showing regional and chronological changes in what coins were hoarded. Patterns in the coin hoards are examined to determine the extent of cross-Channel influences: if it was just the medium of coinage that was introduced, or whether the connection was so great that the norms surrounding the use of coins also travelled across the Channel, and whether coin users and producers on both sides of the Channel adapted to each other over time.
To further this goal, the impact of Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul and its aftermath is examined. The Roman presence changed coin use in Gaul, but not evenly, with eastern Gaul developing a new form of coinage, whereas coinage was driven from active use in western Gaul. This had a corresponding reaction in Britain, demonstrating that despite the change in political authorities in Gaul, a cross-Channel connection remained.
I have also identified a previously unknown pattern of coin hoards extending across the Channel, which I have termed the Silver Corridor. This pattern shows that Britain was heavily linked to developments on the continent: despite Rome not conquering Britain in the first century BC, the conquest of Britain’s maritime neighbour Gaul had a major impact on British societies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CJ Numismatics D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DC France |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Coin hoards -- Great Britain, Coins, British -- History, Coins, Celtic -- Great Britain, Coinage -- Great Britain -- History, Gaul -- History -- To 58 B.C., Great Britain -- History -- To 55 B.C., Romans -- France -- History, Coins, Ancient | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2020 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Department of Classics and Ancient History | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Rowan, Clare, 1982- ; Butcher, Kevin | ||||
| Sponsors: | University of Warwick. Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence | ||||
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| Extent: | 2 volumes : illustrations, maps | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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