ANCIENT COINS - 2016 DUYRAT - WEALTH AND WARFARE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MONEY IN ANCIENT SYRIA NEU

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Frédérique Duyrat

Wealth and Warfare: The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria

New York 2016. xxvii, 596 Seiten mit zahlr. Tabellen, Textabbildungen und Karten (Numismatic Studies 34)

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This volume is the first comprehensive look at Syrian coin hoards and excavation finds. It contains full catalogues of every coin hoard and a selection of published excavation finds from the area covered by modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories through 2010. Duyrat explores the definitions of “hoard” and “treasure”, examines the circulation of currency in the ancient Levant, and considers how excavation coins as well as the phenomenon of coin hoard discoveries are affected by political choices and warfare in modern states in conflict. The book focusses on the monetary effects of the military upheavals of the Achaemenid and Hellenistic periods but also on what coins can tell us of the form and distribution of private wealth in ancient Syrian society. It offers a bold new methodology for the examination of the monetary history of an entire region. This is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the origin of coin hoards in Syria, how war effects the archaeological record, and how to reconstitute the history of ancient societies through the lens of numismatics.

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