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Ancient History From Coins
Howgego, Christopher - New York - 1995SALE! Regular Price : $65.00 Sale Price While Supplies Last: $49.00 170pp., 22 plates, bibliography, and an index. An excellent study of the reasons behind ancient coinage and its significance to historical and economic inquiry in the Greek and Roman period. For sample of contents click on "more information about this book." Hardcover.
A sampling of the contents:
Money: What difference did having a coinage make?
Minting: Where did the metals come from?
How large where the issues?
Why were coins struck?
Empires: Coinage and imperialism
Politics: Coin types and politics
Audience and reception
Imagery and language
Themes of power
Circulation: The evidence and its limitations
Reasons for the movement of coin
Crisis: Crisis at Athens and Rome
Coinage under pressure (excluding Rome)
Reasons for monetary manipulations in the Roman world
Causes of inflation
T e third-century crisis
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