When Money Talks
When Money Talks

Author: Frank L. Holt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 019751765X

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"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 History from Coins
Ancient History from Coins

Author: Christopher Howgego

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1134877838

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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 anlyses the main contributions the study of coins can make to ancient history, showing shows through numerous examples how the character, patterns and behaviour of coinage bear on major historical themes. Topics range from state finance and economic policy to imperial domination and political propaganda through coins types. The period covered by the book is from the invention of coinage (ca 600BC) to AD 400.

The Roman Republic to 49 BCE
The Roman Republic to 49 BCE

Author: Liv Mariah Yarrow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1107013739

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A richly-illustrated introduction to the various ways in which coins can help illuminate the history of the Roman republic.

The Athenian Empire
The Athenian Empire

Author: Lisa Kallet

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1107015375

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The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

Metallurgy in Numismatics
Metallurgy in Numismatics

Author: David Michael Metcalf

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780901405371

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This book contains 23 studies on geology and mining in ancient Greece, the manufacture and metallurgy of ancient Greek coins and the analysis and conservation of these coins. The chapters collectively place numismatics within an interdisciplinary context.