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 |
|---|---|
| Reece period 1 | 3428 |
| Reece period 2 | 1045 |
| Reece period 3 | 910 |
| Reece period 4 | 4990 |
| Reece period 5 | 3826 |
| Reece period 6 | 3659 |
| Reece period 7 | 5600 |
| Reece period 8 | 3378 |
| Reece period 9 | 1440 |
| Reece period 10 | 5229 |
| Reece period 11 | 1786 |
| Reece period 12 | 3221 |
| Reece period 13 | 34412 |
| Reece period 14 | 24961 |
| Reece period 15 | 12884 |
| Reece period 16 | 17678 |
| Reece period 17 | 45034 |
| Reece period 18 | 15264 |
| Reece period 19 | 25512 |
| Reece period 20 | 2341 |
| Reece period 21 | 9008 |
| Reece period 22 | 41 |
| Reece period 23 | 337 |
| Reece period 24 | 2597 |
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