The Hellenistic World - Using Coins As Sources

An accessible, vivid and up-to-date student-level introduction to the coinage and history of the Hellenistic world (323-31 BC).

List of contents

Part I. Globalization: 1. Alexander and the transformation of Greek coinage; 2. A 'big' Hellenistic world; Part II. Identity: 3. Civic identities; 4. Collective identities; 5. Hellenizing identities; Part III. Political Economy: 6. Currency systems; 7. Bronze and silver; Part IV. Ideology: 8. Kings; 9. From Flamininus to Augustus; Guide to further reading; Appendices Andrew Meadows: 1. Glossary of numismatic terms; 2. Denominational systems; 3. The manufacture and material of ancient coinage.

About the author

Peter Thonemann is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. His first sole-authored monograph, The Maeander Valley (Cambridge University Press, 2011), was awarded the prestigious Runciman Prize in 2012. More recently, he has published a large corpus of inscriptions from Roman Asia Minor (Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua XI: Monuments from Phrygia and Lykaonia, 2013) and has edited two collections of essays on the history of Asia Minor in antiquity (Attalid Asia Minor, 2013 and Roman Phrygia, Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Summary

Provides undergraduate and graduate students with an up-to-date introduction to the coinages of the Hellenistic world (323–31 BC). Written in an accessible style, and illustrated with over 250 photographs, it will be suitable as a textbook for university courses in Greek and Roman history and archaeology.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Thonemann, Peter (University of Oxford) Thonemann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781107086968
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08696-8
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 223 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World; Guides to the Coinage of the A; Guides to the Coinage of the A; Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; Economics, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Industrial archaeology