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Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with confidence. Dr Howgego describes and analyses the main contribution.

Title Ancient history from coins / C. J. Howgego.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Creation Date 1995
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes index.
English
Content Cover
Ancient History from Coins
Copyright
Contents
Plates
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Money
THE HISTORY OF COINAGE
WHAT DIFFERENCE DID HAVING A COINAGE MAKE?
USE OF COINAGE: ATHENS
USE OF COINAGE: ROME
Chapter 2 Minting
WHERE DID THE METALS COME FROM?
WHAT IS A MINT?
HOW LARGE WERE ISSUES?
WHY WERE COINS STRUCK?
COINAGE AND STATE EXPENDITURE
Chapter 3 Empires
COINAGE AND IMPERIALISM
ATHENS
PERSIA
PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER
SELEUCIDS
PTOLEMIES
ATTALIDS
ROME
CONCLUSION
Chapter 4 Politics
COIN TYPES AND POLITICS
PATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: GREECE PATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: ROME
CHOICE AND INTENTION
AUDIENCE AND RECEPTION
IMAGERY AND LANGUAGE
THEMES OF POWER
Chapter 5 Circulation
THE EVIDENCE AND ITS LIMITATIONS
REASONS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF COIN
ARCHAIC PERIOD
LATE CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS
ROMAN PERIOD
Chapter 6 Crisis
CRISIS AT ATHENS AND ROME
COINAGE UNDER PRESSURE {EXCLUDING ROME}
REASONS FOR MONETARY MANIPULATIONS IN THE ROMAN WORLD
CAUSES OF INFLATION
THE THIRD-CENTURY CRISIS
Notes
Bibliography
Key to plates
Index
Series Approaching the Ancient World
Extent 1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Language English
National Library system number 997010703734405171
MARC RECORDS
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