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The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans
Harris, W. V. Shepherd Professor of History, Columbia University
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923335-9




Introduction
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233359.003.0001

W. V. Harris
Abstract: This introductory chapter presents an overview of the succeeding chapters. Topics covered include the use of bullion as money, reasons for the spread of coinage, credit money, money supply, economic growth, monetization, monetary integration across the Roman Mediterranean, and the choice of metals.

Keywords: money, Romans, monetization, monetary integration, bullion, coinage, credit money,

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Preface
Introduction
1 The Monetary Use of Weighed Bullion in Archaic Greece
2 What Was Money in Ancient Greece?
3 Money and Tragedy
4 Elasticity of the Money Supply at Athens
5 Coinage as ‘Code’ in Ptolemaic Egypt
6 The Demand for Money in the Late Roman Republic
7 Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire
8 The Function of Gold Coinage in the Monetary Economy of the Roman Empire
9 The Nature of Roman Money
10 The Use and Survival of Coins and of Gold and Silver in the Vesuvian Cities
11 Money and Credit in Roman Egypt
12 The Monetization of Rome's Frontier Provinces
13 The Divergent Evolution of Coinage in Eastern and Western Eurasia
Bibliography
Index
 
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