The Hellenistic World: Using Coins as Sources (Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World)

Thonemann, Peter

ISBN 10: 1107451752 / ISBN 13: 9781107451759

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Beschreibung

pp. 200.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18372833867

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Hellenistic World: Using Coins as Sources (Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1107451752
• ISBN-13: 9781107451759
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Coinage is one of our key sources for the rich and fascinating history of the Hellenistic world (323–31 BC). This book provides students of the period with an up-to-date introduction to Hellenistic gold, silver and bronze coins in their cultural and economic contexts. It also offers new perspectives on four major themes in contemporary Hellenistic history: globalisation, identity, political economy and ideology. With more than 250 illustrations, and written in a lucid and accessible style, this book sheds new light on the diverse and multicultural societies of the Hellenistic world, from Alexander to Augustus. The author assumes no prior knowledge of Hellenistic history, and all Greek and Latin texts are translated throughout.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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).