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Archaeology & Anthropology 2018

Global Journal of Research and Review

ISSN: 2393-8854

Page 47

October 01-02, 2018

London, UK

Edition of international Conference on

Archaeology and

Anthropology

hroughout their history, civilized nations have competed to

issue coins as proof of their social advancement, reflecting

the political history of their region. This study deals with thirty-five

coins from a private collection of Roman empresses. This is the

first study of this group which included silver and bronze coins

bearing inscriptions, symbols and monograms It has special

connotations for Roman styles, and types. This study sample

extends fromthe beginning of the first century AD to the beginning

of the fifth century AD. During period of the emergence of the

Roman empire and the height of its expansion and prosperity,

the Empresses of Rome played great role in the prosperity of this

empire, especially during the reign of Emperor Constantine the

Great (285 - 337 AD) and his mother the Empress Helena (250 -

327 AD), who had the greatest role in this transformation.

Musallam Al Rawahneh

Mutah University, Jordan

Glob J Res Rev 2018, Volume 5

DOI: 10.21767/2393-8854-C1-003

Roman empresses coins from a private collection: analytical

archaeological study