Pap. Minor shelf wear; spine sunned and faded. Else a bright, clean copy. Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did Greeks and Romans make payments, large or small? What does money mean in Greek tragedy? Was the Roman Empire an integrated economic system? This volume can serve as an introduction to such questions, but it also offers the specialist the results of original research.

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Title

The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

0199586713

ISBN 13

9780199586714

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Weight

1.5 pounds

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Ancient & Classical Studies

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Synopsis

This collection of new essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most complex of known pre-modern economies.

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W.V. Harris is Shepherd Professor of History, Columbia University

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