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Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700
Kenneth W. Harl
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Description for Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700
Hardback. It will be of interest to scholars and students of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, as well as to professional and amateur numismatists. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 285, 285 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; KCZ; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
The premier form of Roman money since the time of the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.), coins were vital to the success of Roman state finances, taxation, markets, and commerce beyond the frontiers. Yet until now, the economic and social history of Rome has been written independently of numismatic studies, which detail such technical information as weight standards, mint output, hoards, and finds at archaeological sites. In Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, noted classicist and numismatist Kenneth W. Harl brings together these two fields in the first comprehensive history of how Roman coins were ... Read more
The premier form of Roman money since the time of the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.), coins were vital to the success of Roman state finances, taxation, markets, and commerce beyond the frontiers. Yet until now, the economic and social history of Rome has been written independently of numismatic studies, which detail such technical information as weight standards, mint output, hoards, and finds at archaeological sites. In Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, noted classicist and numismatist Kenneth W. Harl brings together these two fields in the first comprehensive history of how Roman coins were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Ancient Society and History
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801852916
SKU
V9780801852916
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About Kenneth W. Harl
Kenneth W. Harl, professor of history and Fellow of the American Numismatic Society, teaches classical and Byzantine history at Tulane University. He is the author of Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, A.D. 180-275.
Reviews for Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700
This thought-provoking work... should be important reading for scholars in a variety of disciplines. It challenges, for example, the long-held belief that a large-scale drain of Roman specie went to India and the East in the early centuries of the Roman Empire and the concept that the western provinces of the Roman Empire were never completely monetized. These reinterpretations and ... Read more