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Schaps, David M.

The invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece / David M. Schaps. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004. - 1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272) and index.

The revolutionary invention -- Questions and controversies -- Money before coinage: the ancient Near East -- Greece before money: the Bronze Age -- Homer: tripods and oxen -- The archaic age: cauldrons, spits and silver -- The first coins -- Money and the market -- The monetization of politics -- War by other means -- The monetization of labor -- Money on the farm -- Using money to make money -- Monetization: limits and illusions.

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Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

ISBN: 9780472025336 0472025333

Source: 22573/ctt1d3kfrb JSTOR

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Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Coins, Greek.
Coinage--History--Greece--To 1500.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES--Coins, Currency & Medals.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Coinage.
Coins, Greek.
Muntwezen.
Geldwezen.
Griekse oudheid.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Greece.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: CJ335 / .S3 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 737.4938