Edition |
New and enlarged edition [First American edition]. |
Description |
xv, 302 pages : illustrations, 16 plates. ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Argonaut library of antiquities |
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Argonaut library of antiquities.
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Contents |
Introduction -- General sketch of the history of coinage in Greece and Rome -- The metals -- The coin as a medium of exchange; origin, distribution, and relation of coin-standards -- Monetary theory and practice -- The coinage and the state -- Monetary officials -- Fabric and style -- The meaning and classification of coin-types -- Coin-inscriptions -- The dating of coins -- Appendices: Ancient standards -- Equivalents in Troy grains of weights mentioned in the text -- Roman mint-marks -- The Imperial families |
Note |
First published in 1899 under title: A handbook of Greek and Roman coins. |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [297]-302. |
Subject |
Numismatics, Greek.
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Numismatics, Roman.
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