Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Gewicht: 500 g
Using Coins as Sources
Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Gewicht: 500 g
Reihe: Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World
ISBN: 978-1-009-43404-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The western tradition of coinage began in Asia Minor around 650 BCE and from there the idea spread quite rapidly to other parts of the Mediterranean. This book describes and evaluates developments in coinage down to the period of the Persian Wars, ending in 479. Early coinage was not monolithic. The new medium of exchange proved attractive to a variety of rulers and societies – kings, dynasts, tribes, city–states with varying forms of governance. The physical characteristics of the coins produced were another source of difference. Initially there was no fixed idea of what a coin should look like, and there were several experiments before a consensus emerged around a small, circular metal object with a design, or type, on both sides. This book provides students with an authoritative introduction, with all technical terms and methodologies explained, as well as illustrations of over 200 important coins with detailed captions.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction and Acknowledgments; 1. The terminology and methodologies of Greek numismatics; 2. The beginning of coinage; 3. Coinage in the Achaemenid Empire; 4. The Aegean world – weight standards and the spread of coinage; 5. Colonisation; 6. Coins and Art; Epilogue.
