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Wealth of the Roman world : AD 300-700 / edited by J. P. C. Kent and K. S. Painter. - London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, c1977. - 192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Cover title: Wealth of the Roman world: Gold and silver, AD 300-700. Exhibition catalog.

Bibliography: p. 189-190.

Foreword / by D.M. Wilson -- Acknowledgements -- Preface / by J.W. Brailsford -- The world of Late Antiquity, AD 300-700 / by J.P.C. Kent -- Gold and silver from the Late-Roman world: 4th-5th centuries / by K.S. Painter -- Catalogue -- The Colour plates -- Gold and silver from the Late-Roman workd: 6th-7th centuries / by K.S. Painter -- Catalogue -- Gold and silver from the Late-Roman world: beyond the frontiers / by K.S. Painter -- Catalogue -- Coinage and currency, AD 300-700 / by J.P.C. Kent -- Catalogue -- List of maps

'The wealth of the Roman World AD 300-700', has been assembled to show the wealth of the ancient world as it entered into a period of barbaric invasion and taste. -- Foreword.

ISBN: 0714100625 0714100617 £1.95

LCCN: ^^^77364714^//r874

Nat. Bib. No.: GB***

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Goldwork--Rome--Exhibitions.
Goldwork, Byzantine--Exhibitions.
Goldwork, Sassanid--Exhibitions.
Silverwork--Rome--Exhibitions.
Silverwork, Byzantine--Exhibitions.
Silverwork, Sassanid--Exhibitions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Exhibition catalogs

LC Class. No.: NK7107.3 / .W42 NK7107.3 / .W42 1977

Dewey Class. No.: 739.2/094