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Coins and coin use in the countryside of NE Gaul

So does this superb collection and collation of basic information, along with its decadeby-decade commentary, produce momentous conclusions? In one sense, no. The simple title almost gives away the plot, for from the first page onwards the whole emphasis is on the coexistence of Gaulish and Roman coinage in the study area. The theme is not conquest and oppression, but firm handling of tribes (including some slaughter of the obstinate where necessary) who wish to remain ‘free’, and the gradual incorporation of the areas under study into the empire. Roman coinage diffuses out from military sources until, rather late in the story, it is supplied direct to the new provincials who move to a more Roman way of life, which includes using that coinage. But anyone who neglects this book because there is nothing earth-shaking in its conclusions will have missed a very detailed and sensitive account of the journey “from the stater to the sestertius”.