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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiv, 330p. 22cmISBN:
  • 9780199586714
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.4937 HAR
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The book deals with monetary system prevailed in Greece and Rome in ancient world. The contributors of the volume intend to investigate how the monetary system of Greek and Rome worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. It discusses significance of credit money in ancient economies, the extent of monetization in rural and frontier environment, the proper conceptualization of money supply in ancient economy. The book discusses subject ranging from the early use of bullion as money to the fundamental divergence in coin evolution between the west and China.

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