How should the Typological Analysis fields be understood and used?
The best way to understand how these fields work is to see them in practice. To show how such work would appear, we have used the example of Derek Allen’s excellent study on “Cunobelin’s Gold” using the specimens available in the Celtic Coin Index. In this example, the “Common Name” and the “General Type” Primary and Subsidiary motif information are from Van Arsdell (which may or may not be the preferred choice for other series), the “Specific Die” motif information is from Allen, and the “Specimen” motifs and “Miscellaneous Notes” are from the Celtic Coin Index data itself. While there are some typological studies of Celtic coins of the required detail and specificity, much of this is study yet to be done: we hope access to the data will inspire scholars to do so. More detailed explanations on the use of these fields will be provided in the “Help” files of Arethusa, when it is released.
