The uses and values of copper alloy artefacts in the late to post-Roman transition period in Britain

Swift, Ellen Victoria (2025) The uses and values of copper alloy artefacts in the late to post-Roman transition period in Britain. In: Flückiger, Anna and Bemmann, Jan, eds. Coining Values: Bronze Between Money and Scrap in Late Roman and Early Medieval Europe. Limes und Legion . Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden, pp. 199-212. ISBN 978-3-7520-0816-6. (doi:10.29091/9783752003284) (KAR id:108963)

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Abstract

There were significant changes to how objects were used and valued in the late to post Roman transition period in Britain. This article gives an overview of the topic with some brief case studies on different types of artefacts and the ways in which they were used and valued during this time. The artefacts discussed include belt-fittings, Quoit brooch style objects, pierced coins, and Brancaster type finger-rings.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.29091/9783752003284
Uncontrolled keywords:	Roman Britain, early Medieval Britain, artefacts, finger-rings, belt-sets, coins
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies
Depositing User:	Ellen Swift
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2025 11:26 UTC
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2025 10:07 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108963 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Swift, Ellen Victoria.

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