[PDF] Ancient History From Coins eBook

Author : C. J. Howgego
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 27,80 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780415089920

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Coins are a rich source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attached to their interpretation. "Ancient History from Coins" demystifies this specialized subject and introduces students to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins in the study of ancient history. Christopher Howgego shows through numerous examples how the character, patterns and behavior of coinage bear on major historical themes. Covering the period from the invention of coinage (c. 600 B.C.) until the reign of Diocletian, this study examines topics ranging from state finance and economic policy to imperial domination and political propaganda through coin types.

Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 2021
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 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"--

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :

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This 1968 study examines how Rome used currency to inform direct or deceive public opinion and also considers the results of this exploitation.

Author : Marvin Tameanko
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 38,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :

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One of the more unusual sources for lost or ruinous buildings from ancient Greece or Rome is coinage. This well-illustrated and accessible study examines a wide range of coins which recall and evoke buildings which were clearly important to Roman powers. The book is arranged by building-type, including roads, harbours, aqueducts, Rome's public buildings, temples, triumphal arches and altars. Many coins are illustrated and all technical terms are explained in the glossary.

Author : David R. Sear
Publisher : Spink Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :

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Information on the rarity of each type, including estimates of their value when first published in 2000, are presented in a separate table. The numerous, though less precisely understood, local coinages of the Imperatorial period are listed in an extensive appendix.

Author : Kristina M. Neumann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 110883714X

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Combines ancient coins and innovative digital technologies to study the citizens of Syrian Antioch and their imperial conquerors.

Author : William E. Metcalf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0199372187

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A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship.