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The Hellenistic world : using coins as sources / Peter Thonemann.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thonemann, Peter, author.
Contributor:
Cambridge University Press.
Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
Series:
Guides to the coinage of the ancient world
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Alexander.
Hellenism--History.
Hellenism.
Group identity.
History.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Coinage.
Coins, Greek.
Greece--Civilization.
Greece.
Civilization.
Coins, Greek--Sources.
Coinage--Greece--History.
Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Mediterranean Region--Civilization--Greek influences.
Mediterranean Region.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Mediterranean Region.
Globalization.
Group identity--Mediterranean Region--History.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxi, 230 pages.)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2015]
System Details:
text file
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
Other Format:
Erscheint auch als: Thonemann, Peter The Hellenistic world
ISBN:
9781316091784
1316091783
Publisher Number:
99988799352
40025877674
9781107451759
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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