Reece periods
For initial analysis of coins we use Reece periods, named after the pre-eminent Romano-British numismatist, Richard Reece. He divided the Roman period in 21 periods (Sam Moorhead has added two more) for the purpose of comparing different sites. You can find out which rulers fall into different periods and search the database accordingly. Obviously, to carry out effective analysis by Reece period, we need to record ALL the coins from a site.
| Reece period | Number of records |
|---|---|
| Period 1 [Pre-Claudian and Iron Age] | 1543 |
| Period 2 [Claudian] | 642 |
| Period 3 [Neronian] | 445 |
| Period 4 [Flavian] | 2953 |
| Period 5 [Trajanic] | 2198 |
| Period 6 [Hadrianic] | 1935 |
| Period 7 [Antonine I] | 3175 |
| Period 8 [Antonine II] | 1337 |
| Period 9 [Antonine III] | 690 |
| Period 10 [Severus to Elagabalus] | 2838 |
| Period 11 [Later Severan] | 873 |
| Period 12 [Gordian III to Valerian] | 2375 |
| Period 13 [Gallienus sole reign to Aurelian] | 21366 |
| Period 14 [Tacitus to Allectus] | 13048 |
| Period 15 [The Tetrarchy] | 8777 |
| Period 16 [Constantinian I] | 9672 |
| Period 17 [Constantinian II] | 17669 |
| Period 18 [Constantinian III] | 6069 |
| Period 19 [Valentinianic] | 13574 |
| Period 20 [Theodosian I] | 1716 |
| Period 21 [Theodosian II] | 7121 |
| Period 22 [Fifth Century I] | 14 |
| Period 23 [Fifth Century II] | 364 |
| Period 24 [Anastasius to Justinian] | 15 |
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