The monetary systems of the Greeks and Romans

The monetary systems of the Greeks and Romans / edited by W. V. Harris.

Other author/creator	Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description	xiv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Money--Italy --Rome --History. Money--Greece --History. Rome (Italy)--Economic conditions --30 B.C.-476 A.D. Greece--Economic conditions --To 146 B.C.

Contents	The monetary use of weighed bullion in archaic Greece / John H. Kroll -- What was money in ancient Greece and Rome? / David M. Schaps -- Money and tragedy / Richard Seaford -- The elasticity of the money-supply at Athens / Edward E. Cohen -- Coinage as 'code' in Ptolemaic Egypt / J. G. Manning -- The demand for money in the late Roman Republic / David B. Hollander -- Money and prices in the early Roman Empire / David Kessler and Peter Temin -- The function of gold coinage in the monetary economy of the Roman Empire / Elio Lo Cascio -- The nature of Roman money / W. V. Harris -- The use and survival of coins and of gold and silver in the Vesuvian cities / Jean Andreau -- Money and credit in Roman Egypt / Peter van Minnen -- The monetization of the Roman frontier provinces : a quantitative revision / Constantina Katsari -- The divergent evolution of coinage in eastern and western Eurasia / Walter Scheidel.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-321) and index.
LCCN	2007034902
ISBN	9780199233359
ISBN	0199233357

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HG 237 .M658 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold