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Coin hoards of the Roman Republic

Kris Lockyear has been collecting and analysing data regarding Roman Republican coin hoards since 1989. The database now consists of over 100,000 well identified coins.

This database has been extensively (but not exhaustively) analysed and has resulted in a number of papers and a book. In particular, Kris' examination of Michael Crawford's controversial die estimates has become a key paper in the debate. Fresh data is added to the database on a regular basis, and analyses on various aspects of the hoards are still being undertaken.

The American Numismatic Society has created a web-based implementation of the database  - CHRR Online, available here»

Related outputs

Selected publications

  • Lockyear, K. (2008) Aspects of Roman Republican coins found in Late Iron Age Dacia. In: V. Spinei and L. Munteanu (eds) Miscellanea numismatica Antiquitatis. In honorem septagenarii magistri Virgilii Mihailescu-Bîrliba oblata, pp. 147-176. Editura Academiei Romane, Bucharest, Romania, Honoraria (4).
  • Lockyear, K. (2007) Patterns and Process in Late Roman Republican Coin Hoards, 157-2 BC.  Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1733.
  • Lockyear, K, (2000). Experiments with Detrended Correspondence Analysis, in K Lockyear, T J T Sly & V Mihailescu-Birliba, 9-17
  • Lockyear, K, (1999). Hoard Structure and Coin Production in Antiquity --- an Empirical Investigation, The Numismatic Chronicle 159, 215-243
  • Lockyear, K, (1999). Coins, copies and kernals - a note on the potential of Kernal Density Estimates, in L Dingwall, S Exon, V Gaffney, S Laflin & M. van Leusen (eds). Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1997, British Archaeological Reports International Series 750, 85-90
  • Lockyear, K, (1997). The supply of Roman Republican denarii to Romania, Studii si Cercetari de Numismatica, 11, 85-102
  • Lockyear, K, (1996). Dmax based cluster analysis and the supply of coinage to Iron Age Dacia, in H Kamermans & F Kelly (eds). Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1995. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 28(1), 165-178
  • Lockyear, K, (1993. Coin hoard formation revisted..., in J Andresen, T Madsen & I Scollar (eds). Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1992, 367-376. Aarhus
  • Lockyear, K, (1991). Simulating coin hoard formation, in K Lockyear & S P Q Rahtz (eds),Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 1990,195-206. British Archaeological Reports International Series 565

Presentations

  • 'The devil is in the detail:  politics, economics and the study of Roman Republican coin hoards' delivered to the Roman Discussion Forum, Oxford University, 1st June 2011.