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The Hellenistic world : using coins as sources /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thonemann, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Guides to the coinage of the ancient world.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Hellenism > History.
Greece > Civilization.
Coins, Greek > Sources.
Coinage > Greece > History.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Mediterranean Region > Civilization > Greek influences.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Mediterranean Region.
Group identity > Mediterranean Region > History.
Civilization.
Civilization > Greek influences.
Coinage.
Coins, Greek.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Group identity.
Hellenism.
Greece.
Mediterranean Region.
Hellenismus
Münze
Griechenland > Altertum
Römisches Reich
359-323 B.C.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART I. GLOBALIZATION. Alexander and the transformation of Greek coinage
  • A 'big' Hellenistic world
  • PART II. IDENTITY. Civic identities
  • Collective identities
  • Hellenizing identities
  • PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY. Currency systems
  • Bronze and silver
  • PART IV. IDEOLOGY. Kings
  • From Flamininus to Augustus
  • Guide to further reading
  • APPENDICES (by Andrew Meadows). 1. Glossary of numismatic terms
  • 2. Denominational systems
  • 3. The manufacture and material of ancient coinage.