Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Money and Its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
Author: Andrew Meadows
Publisher:
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2001
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0199240124

The papers in this volume re-assess the role of coined money in the ancient Greek world. Using new approaches, the book makes the results of numismatic as well as historical research accessible to students and scholars of ancient history.

Byzantine Coins

Byzantine Coins
Author: Philip Grierson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1982
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780416713602

Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World

Money and its Uses in the Ancient Greek World
Author: Andrew Meadows
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2001-11-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0191553743

The papers in this volume reassess the role of coined money in the ancient Greek world. Using new approaches, the book makes the results of numismatic as well as historical research accessible to students and scholars of ancient history. The chapters provide a wide-ranging account of the political, social, and economic contexts within which coined money was used. In Part One the book focuses on the theme of monetization and the politics of coinage, while Part Two provides a series of case studies relating to the production and use of coined money in different areas of the Greek-speaking world, including Asia Minor, Egypt, and Rhodes as well as Greece itself. The individual chapters cover a broad chronological range from Archaic Greece to Roman Egypt. The book as a whole offers fresh insights into an important aspect of the ancient Greek economy.