- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- Year: 2019
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 212pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 249x173mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781474237024
- Product code: 545477
A Cultural History of Money in Antiquity
New Hardback Illustrated
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From the introduction of coinage in the seventh century BCE to the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century CE, the seven essays in this first volume of The Cultural History of Money series cover topics including the technology of coin production, state control of coinage, non-economic roles of money in ritual and religion, and money studied as an archaeological artefact.
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The origins of the modern, Western concept of money can be traced back to the earliest electrum coins that were produced in Asia Minor in the seventh century BCE. While other forms of currency (shells, jewelry, silver ingots) were in widespread use long before this, the introduction of coinage aided and accelerated momentous economic, political, and social developments such as long-distance trade, wealth creation (and the social differentiation that followed from that), and the financing of military and political power. Coinage, though adopted inconsistently across different ancient societies, became a significant marker of identity and became embedded in practices of religion and superstition. And this period also witnessed the emergence of the problems of money - inflation, monetary instability, and the breakup of monetary unions - which have surfaced repeatedly in succeeding centuries.
Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in Antiquity 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.
Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in Antiquity 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.
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From the introduction of coinage in the seventh century BCE to the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century CE, the seven essays in this first volume of The Cultural History of Money series cover topics including the technology of coin production, state control of coinage, non-economic roles of money in ritual and religion, and money studied as an archaeological artefact.
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