The Athenian Empire : using coins as sources / Lisa Kallet, University of Oxford; John H. Kroll, University of Oxford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kallet, Lisa, 1956- author.

Kroll, John H., author.

Series:

Guides to the coinage of the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coins, Greek--Greece--Athens--History.

Coins, Greek.

Finance, Public.

History.

Taxation.

War--Economic aspects.

War and society.

Coinage.

Greece--Athens.

Coinage--Greece--Athens--History.

Athens (Greece)--Antiquities.

Athens (Greece).

Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C--Sources.

Greece.

War and society--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

War--Economic aspects--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

War.

Taxation--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Finance, Public--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Antiquities.

History--Sources.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviv, 173 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Coinage played a central role in the history of the Athenian naval empire of the fifth century BC. It made possible the rise of the empire itself, which was financed through tribute in coinage collected annually from the empire's approximately 200 cities. The empire's downfall was brought about by the wealth in Persian coinage that financed its enemies. This book surveys and illustrates with nearly 200 examples the extraordinary variety of silver and gold coinages that were employed in the history of the period, minted by cities within the empire and by those cities and rulers that came into contact with it. It also examines how coins supplement the literary sources and even attest to developments in the monetary history of the period that would otherwise be unknown. This is an accessible introduction both to the history of the Athenian empire and to the use of coins as evidence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. The Silver Owl Coinage of Athens

3. Coinages of the Allied Cities

4. Numismatic Narratives in the Pentekontaetia, 479

431 BC

5. The Archidamian War, 431

421 BC

6. The Peace of Nikias and the Rethinking of Monetary Policy, 421

413 BC

7. The Ionian War and Loss of Empire, 413

404 BC

8. Epilogue: From Tribute to Taxation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kallet, Lisa, 1956- Athenian empire.

ISBN:

9781107015371

1107015375

9781107686700

1107686709

OCLC:

1141910192