The monetary systems of the Greeks and Romans

This collection of essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, William V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008, 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 01315nmm a2200277 u 4500
001 EB000723919
003 EBX01000000000000000577001
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 180413 ||| eng
020 |a 9780191716348 
050 4 |a HG237 
100 1 |a Harris, William V. 
245 0 0 |a The monetary systems of the Greeks and Romans  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c edited by W.V. Harris 
260 |a Oxford  |b Oxford University Press  |c 2008, 2008 
300 |a xiv, 330 p.  |b ill 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
651 4 |a Rome / Economic conditions / 30 B.C.-476 A.D. 
651 4 |a Greece / Economic conditions / To 146 B.C. 
653 |a Money / Rome / History 
653 |a Money / Greece / History 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b OUP  |a Oxford University Press 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233359.001.0001?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 332.4937 
520 |a This collection of essays presents a set of debates about what money was in antiquity and how it functioned. The focus is mainly on the Greeks, who were not the original inventors of coinage but were responsible for its widespread adoption, and on the Roman Empire, which developed one of the most complex of known pre-modern economies