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15 Ιουλ 2016 · The coinage of ancient Greece has given us some of the most recognisable images from antiquity as they were stamped with designs to proudly declare the identity of the city which minted them and guarantee their value.
Besides providing a brief illustrated account of Athens’ influential and widely disseminated Athena/owl silver coinage, this chapter surveys the huge silver mining and processing industry of southeast Attika, the role of coinage in the public and private economies of Athens and in international trade, and the minting of a bronze coinage for ...
In the Greek world, monetary practices included the transactional use of weighed bullion. Special circumstances explain why coinage happened to originate in the Greek region. One was that electrum was indigenous to Lydia and by the seventh century was being extracted from the Pactolus River in legendary quantities.
22 Σεπ 2009 · WHO INVENTED COINAGE? Our conclusion that Greek coinage represents a synthesis of Near-Eastern and Greek practice now requires more precision. The influence of the ancient Near East on numerous elements of early Greek culture has long been recognised; and the exploration of this influence has in recent years accelerated (4 b).
Only with the invention of Greek coinage does the concept "money" clearly materialize in history. Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society, bringing with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and elites.
First, there is the evidence of coin hoards. The presence of coins from one city in a hoard found in another city may reveal trade links between the two cities. Second, a common weight standard shared by two or more cities may reveal commercial ties.
Recent work on Ancient Greece sheds light on the origins of money and its effects on economy and society. This review essay analyses such work and relates it to themes familiar to economists. It examines monetary functions in the heroic world and the effects of introducing coinage in Classical Athens. It attends to the role of
