Greek Coinage, Archaic to Early Hellenistic

Essential for the CAAH paper on 'Greek and Roman Coins' and the M. Stud. and M.Phil. options in Greek Coinage/Greek Numismatics, but open to all with an interest in Greek history or coinage.

The lectures are planned to provide familiarity with the major coinages of the Greek world and their value as evidence for aspects of Greek economic, political, and artistic history. Time will be reserved at the end of each session for the handling some of the coins discussed.

Topics.
1. Monetary background and the beginning of coinage in electrum.
2. Emergence and spread of silver coinage.
3. Coinage in the Athenian Empire.
4. Coins and texts: the legal basis of Greek coinage systems.
5. Coins, society, and field archaeology: small change in silver and bronze.
6. Artistic coinages of Sicily.
7. Coinages of Northern Greece and the Kings of Macedon, Alexander I to Alexander III.
8. Monetary and design trends in Hellenistic Coinage.

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