FEATURED AUTHOR

Chris Doyle

Dr
National University of Ireland Galway

I am an Historian of Ancient and Medieval History. Interested in ancient religions, material culture (especially coins) and the political and social history of Rome, Byzantium, Sassanid Persia, and early Islam.

Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Classical Studies, History, Museum and Heritage Studies

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Late Antiquity and early Medieval History; ancient and medieval religions; numismatics, epigraphy, imperial iconography, art and archaeology.

Websites

Academia.edu

Books

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Articles

Declaring Victory, Concealing Defeat: Continuity and Change in Imperial Coinage of the Roman West, c.383–c.408

Published: Jan 13, 2015 by Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity (Ashgate: Taylor & Francis Group)
Authors: Chris Doyle
Subjects: History, Classical Studies, Art & Visual Culture

This book chapter examines the propagandist uses of the personification of Victory on late Roman coinage.