Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society and brought with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and new elites. In a book that will encourage scholarly discussion for some time, David M. Schaps addresses a range of important coinage topics, among them money, exchange, and economic organization in the Near East and in Greece before the introduction of coinage; the invention of coinage and the reasons for its adoption; and the developing use of money to make more money. David M. Schaps is Professor of Classics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13
9780472113330
eBay Product ID (ePID)
404329991
Product Key Features
Author
David M. Schaps
Publication Name
The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
David M. Schaps
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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