When Money Talks

When Money Talks
Author: Frank L. Holt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2021
Genre: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN: 019751765X

"Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--

Ancient Coin Collecting

Ancient Coin Collecting
Author: Wayne G. Sayles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Coins, Ancient
ISBN: 9780873414425

This is your road map to finding your way around the ancient coin fraternity. With more than 200 photographs, tables and charts and a pronunciation guide, you will acquire the knowledge needed to survive this sometimes bewildering market. Get a jump start on the incredible world of the ancients by acquiring a basic understanding of their politics, history, mythology, and astrology and how it affected the minting and designing of their coins.

Lucasta

Lucasta
Author: Richard Lovelace
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1864
Genre:
ISBN:

The Coins of Herod

The Coins of Herod
Author: Donald Tzvi Ariel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2011-12-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004208011

A comprehensive reappraisal of Herod the Great’s coinage is undertaken. Hoard and archaeological evidence, together with iconographic, epigraphic and numismatic observations, contribute to innovative interpretations of the coins, a new relative chronology, and some historical ‘pegs’ towards an absolute chronology