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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Coins, banknotes, medals, seals, numismatics
Ce livre est une reimpression de l'ouvrage paru a l'origine en 1902
chez C. Rollin et Feuardent. Cet ouvrage examine le portrait
numismatique de Vercingetorix, par l'etude des monnaies gauloises
et des monnaies romaines. Deux planches de photos de monnaies
gauloises et romaines, situees en fin d'ouvrage, permettent
d'illustrer les 37 pages d'etudes de M. Ernest Babelon.
The volume gathers together seventeen articles dedicated to the
monetary history of medieval Italy, most of them newly translated
into English. The articles in the first section of the volume trace
the development of monetisation in Italy from the Lombard period
until the rise of the communes, taking Rome, Lazio, Tuscany, and
several cities and regions in north-central Italy as case studies.
The articles in the second section analyse different aspects of
monetary production and circulation in Byzantine Italy, while the
third gathers together studies on various aspects of Carolingian
coinage: the transition from the Lombard system and the problem of
furnishing an adequate supply of silver; mints and royal
administration; and the activity and inactivity of mints operating
at the edges of the Regnum Italiae. All of the articles share the
author's characteristic concern with setting the evidence from
written sources against the wealth of new data emerging from recent
archaeological research.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The treasure of Buseyra is preserved in the museum of Deir az-Zour
in Syria. The coins in the hoard cover a large period from the
Sassanian Sovereign Khusro II (590/1-628) until the terminal date
331H/ 941. These coins offer precious information, not only about a
large number of mints but about the periods and quantities of
minting activity. This treasure is important because it is the
first complete hoard of the 10th century discovered in the
al-Djazira area. According to Tomas Noonan, the Middle East and
Central Asian hoards only amount to ten per cent of the treasures
found in northern and eastern Europe and the Nordic countries. In
comparing contemporaneous 10th-century silver hoards, and
especially the relation between the numbers of coin dies and their
representation of their products, we can obtain insights into the
flows of money and the balance of payments for each area and each
minting city.
The first two chapters provide a resume of how the coinage of the
central Roman state changed, developed and stumbled. In Britain
most coins in museums and collections come from hoards (coins
deposited in a group) or from coins found singly during excavation
or walking over fields. These two classes are very different and
are examined separately. The author then looks at how coins were
used in Roman Britain, and finally explains the differences between
Britain and the rest of the Roman Empire. Despite the need for
quantitative as well as well as qualitative analysis, Richard Reece
has - for the benefit of those who are understandably put off by
reams of statistics - banished all numbers and numerical methods to
a single short Appendix. The result is a book sparkling with Dr
Reece's characteristically incisive insights that can be
appreciated by anyone interested in Britain's past.
In-depth study of coinage minted in Theodosian times, in particular
the AE2 produced AD 379-381 under Gratian, Valentinian II and
Theodosius I. This report analyses the circulation, supply and
imitation of the AE2 and its distribution in Spain. Discoveries of
large quantities of coins on some excavated sites suggests that
this issue was frequently hoarded in the 4th century, ranging from
a few coins to several thousand, and by the 5th and 6th century had
lost much of its value. Large catalogue.
Minoan sealings are generally treated as historical evidence,
shedding light on a long-gone society. The author here treats them
from a more art-historical perspective, discussing the internal
logic of Minoan and Mycenaean art and the rules applied to the
constrcution of am image. She surveys over 100 images, many of
bucking animals, and reproduces them in black and white with a
detailed catalogue.
The minting of coinage in a territory without previous monetary
history or tradition reflects a series of political, social and
cultural changes that took place in order to make it possible. Such
changes can be traced in the archaeological record thanks to
elements apparently as different as coins, ceramics, epigraphy,
funerary rites or architecture; these changes thus emerge as some
of the most significant points in the colonization process that
took place throughout the second century B.C. and at the beginning
of the next century in the valley of Cabrera de Mar (ancient
Ilduro) and the Laietani territory. This book is exclusively
devoted to the mint of Ilduro, its main goal being to study not
only the issues produced by the workshop in detail, but also the
role that this coinage had in the monetarization of a changing
society, that of the Laietani, which had never previously needed to
use coinage. To do so, the author of this study endeavours to
answer the following questions in as much depth as possible: Who
minted the coins? Why? What for? How? Where? When? How many? With
the aim of answering the aforementioned questions, this volume has
been organized into ten chapters divided in three broader sections
dedicated to studying, specifically, each one of the aspects
involved in the production of this mint. The chapters considering
the location of the workshop and the legends used are fundamental
to answer the questions of who minted the coins and where. On the
other hand, aspects such as metrology, typology and the technique
(metallographic analysis) used by the mint are essential to
understand how the coins were minted, and also to put forward a
hypothesis as regards the use given to the coin issues discussed in
the present study. Finally, the chapters dedicated to the
production, classification and chronology of the issues should
answer such important questions as when and how much money was put
into circulation. This is a book that, in addition to increasing
our knowledge of Iberian numismatics, brings us closer to the
evolution and production of the coin issues minted in present-day
northeastern Spain in general and to the Ilduro workshop in
particular.
Money provides a unique and illuminating perspective on the Middle
Ages. In much of medieval Europe the central meaning of money was a
prescribed unit of precious metal but in practice precious metal
did not necessarily change hands and indeed coinage was very often
in short supply. Money had economic, institutional, social, and
cultural dimensions which developed the legacy of antiquity and set
the scene for modern developments including the rise of capitalism
and finance as well as a moralized discourse on the proper and
improper uses of money. In its many forms - coin, metal, commodity,
and concept - money played a central role in shaping the character
of medieval society and, in turn, offers a vivid reflection of the
distinctive features of medieval civilization. Drawing upon a
wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money
in the Medieval Age presents essays that examine key cultural case
studies of the period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual
and religion, the everyday, art and representation, interpretation,
and the issues of the age.
This study deals with the iconographic theme of imperial Byzantine
'heavenly coronation', or Andre Grabar's couronnement symbolique,
with particular attention to fine arts and numismatics. This theme,
along with the rituals of imperial investiture, represents the
concept of divine kingship in figurative terms, a significant
ideological premise for Byzantine theocracy. The book is structured
in seven chapters, investigating both the origination and
conclusion of the iconographical subject and its political
derivations. It attempts to assemble all the known images of the
'heavenly coronation' theme and to explain its political and
iconographical roots.
[16:19:22] Jadles (Jamie): Early Japanese Coins is an up-to-date
catalogue of pre-Meiji copper, gold and silver coins. As well as
official issues, the often decorative provincial issues are
covered. A selection of the intriguing Japanese amulets known as
E-sen is also included. It replaces Munro and other western works.
It is designed to be used both by advanced collectors who have some
knowledge of characters, and beginners who will find the layout
easy to follow and will quickly gain a knowledge of this coinage.
It draws on historical, as well as the latest western and Japanese
numismatic sources, and describes the circumstances under which
many of the coins were issued and used. Guides to the Japanese
language are given, and maps and lists of era names and rulers add
to the background information. There is a description of how the
coins were made, illustrated from a contemporary document. A
Finding Guide is provided for the difficult Kanei Tsuho series,
which will enable these coins to be readily attributed from the
differences in their calligraphy. A rarity guide, linked to an
approximate value, is provided for each coin. The author has been
studying and collecting Far Eastern coins for over fifty years, and
has also written the prize winning Cast Chinese Coins, and the
definitive Qing Cash.
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