Hugh Cloke writes:

The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine, Second Edition
by Hubert J Cloke and Lee Toone, with Adrian B Marsden

£75.00
Hardback, jacketed, 297 x 210mm, 360 pages

This new edition of LMCC remains the comprehensive catalogue and survey of the coinage of the London mint from AD 296, when Constantius I recaptured Britain from the usurper, Allectus, to its closure in AD 325 when his son and successor, Constantine I, began to shift his power base to the East. LMCC II continues the authors' earlier expansion and revision of the London portions of Volumes VI and VII of The Roman Imperial Coinage by incorporating new types discovered since 2015 and expanding the census tables based on the population totals from several major new hoards. As Sam Moorhead notes in his foreword to this second edition, this catalogue is now recognised as the standard reference work on the London mint coins of this period and is used by both the British Museum and the Portable Antiquities Scheme when cataloguing these coins.

The four reference hoards listed in LMCC I are Domqueur, Bridgend, and Sully II A and B

The six reference hoards in LMCC II are Domqueur, Bridgend, Fyfield, Rauceby, Wold Newton, and Juillac. Complete catalogues of Fyfield, Rauceby, and Wold Newton are published in Eleanor Ghey's new BM book. The massive Juillac hoard of 23,000+ coins is not yet published, but Lee and I catalogued the 2,100+ London coins in the hoard and the coin totals listed in our census tables are based on our cataloguing notes. The coins from Sully II A and B are still listed in our new book in the notes for each coin type at the bottom of each page. So the reader can actually see coin totals from eight hoards.

It is a great privilege to write this short piece in honour of the Herculean work of Hubert Clokeand Lee Toone. Since its publication in 2015, The London Mint of Constantius and Constantineis a book that frequently comes off my shelf both at home and at the British Museum. It is theauthority we use for the identification of London mint coins on the Portable Antiquities Schemedatabase (finds.org.uk) and it is frequently used to assist with the cataloguing of the numeroushoards which are worked on by Dr. Eleanor Ghey and other colleagues in the Dept of Coins andMedals. The London Mint is also an invaluable volume for collectors and those working in thetrade....

One has to admire Cloke's and Toone's tenacity in seeking out new coins so as to upgrade theirexisting work. It would be very easy for them to have rested on their laurels and leave futureadditions to other scholars. In this respect, the authors are doing the numismatic world adouble service. This work will stand the test of time and will be added to by future generationswith a minimum of effort - what a legacy!

For more information, or to order, see:
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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
2024 BRITANNIA NUMMARIA CONFERENCE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n04a08.html)
NEW BOOK: TETRARCHIC HOARDS FROM ROMAN BRITAIN(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n15a03.html)