Coins (INTERPRETING THE PAST SERIES) (Paperback)
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|Short Description for Coins "Should be assigned in any seminar on numismatics as required reading."--Kenneth W. Harl, author of "Civic Coins & Civic Politics in the Roman East, a.d. 180-275"
Full description- Publisher: University of California Press
- Published: 01 September 1991
- Format: Paperback 64 pages
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- Categories: Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Coins, Banknotes, Medals, Seals (numismatics)
- ISBN 13: 9780520076280 ISBN 10: 0520076281
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Full description for Coins
Coins are one of the most important sources of information used by historians and archaeologists to interpret the past. Many thousands of coins have survived from societies of the classical, medieval and oriental worlds, and while some are objects of great beauty, all are potential historical documents. However, evaluating the evidence they provide is not always as simple as we might expect. In this book the study of coins is considered from three points of view: how can we established when and where a coin was made? How can we use its designs to throw light on the political, religious, and cultural life of the past? And what can the coin's fucntion as a piece of money tell us about the economic activities of the society which made and used it?
