{"product_id":"ancient-history-from-coins-1","title":"Ancient History from Coins","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike other volumes in this series, \u003cem\u003eAncient History from Coins\u003c\/em\u003e demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.\u003cbr\u003eCoins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with confidence. Dr Howgego describes and anlyses the main contributions the study of coins can make to ancient history, showing shows through numerous examples how the character, patterns and behaviour of coinage bear on major historical themes. Topics range from state finance and economic policy to imperial domination and political propaganda through coins types.\u003cbr\u003eThe period covered by the book is from the invention of coinage (ca 600BC) to AD 400.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235793031512,"sku":"9780415089937","price":51.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415089937_a00dc53d-54ac-4d2e-aced-e5c4534b6b79.jpg?v=1768315531","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ancient-history-from-coins-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}