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Ancient History from Coins (Hardcover)
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Ancient History from Coins (Hardcover)
Series: Approaching the Ancient World
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Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins
demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year
upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of
using coins to do ancient history. Coins are a fertile source of
information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are
uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems
attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not
always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with
confidence. Dr Howgego describes and anlyses the main contributions
the study of coins can make to ancient history, showing shows
through numerous examples how the character, patterns and behaviour
of coinage bear on major historical themes. Topics range from state
finance and economic policy to imperial domination and political
propaganda through coins types. The period covered by the book is
from the invention of coinage (ca 600BC) to AD 400.
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