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"--

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.

Numismatic Forgery
Numismatic Forgery

Author: Charles M. Larson

Publisher: Zyrus Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780974237121

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Larson became intrigued by the ingenuity of the processes involved in creating numismatic forgeries. He shows you how they are done, so that you may be forewarned when inventing in your collection.

Numismatics and Greek Lexicography
Numismatics and Greek Lexicography

Author: Michael P. Theophilos

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0567690229

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Michael P. Theophilos explores the fascinating variety of numismatic contributions to Greek lexicography, pertaining to lexicographic studies of the Second Temple period in general, and the New Testament in particular. Theophilos considers previous scholarly attempts to grapple with, and incorporate, critical numismatic material into the emerging discipline of Greek lexicography - including foundational work by F. Preisigke and E. Kiessling - before outlining his own methodological approach. Theophilos' then examines the resources available for engaging with the numismatic material, and presents a series of specific case studies throughout the New Testament material. His carefully annotated images of coins draw readers in to a greater understanding of the material culture of the Greco-Roman world, and how this impacted upon the Greek language and the New Testament.

Byzantine Coins
Byzantine Coins

Author: Philip D. Whitting

Publisher:

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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The growing popularity of the Byzantine series amongst coin collectors is a recent phenomenon which prompts enquiry into what may have brought it about. Undoubtedly there is an element of investment value as coins can be both works of art and antiques which, under modern conditions it seems, often prove more attractive to investors--great and small--than market stocks and shares. The Byzantine series provides a prolific gold coinage with many rarities and some outstanding works of art, although little so obviously attractive to the investor or art collector as the Greek or even the Roman Imperial and English Hammered series have done. -- Pg. 11.

The Value of Money
The Value of Money

Author: Ellen R. Feingold

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 193562380X

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The Value of Money celebrates the power of using monetary objects to explore history. This richly illustrated book features over 175 objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection. With objects from every inhabited continent, spanning more than 2,600 years, this book showcases the National Numismatic Collection’s unique strengths, including the geographic and chronological diversity of the collection and the stunning rarities it contains. The companion volume to a major exhibition of the same name, this book examines the origins of money, new monetary technologies, the political and cultural messages money conveys, numismatic art and design, and the practice of collecting money. The Value of Money connects American history to global histories of exchange, cultural interaction and expression, political change, and innovation.