Die antike Munze als Fundgegenstand: Kategorien numismatischer Funde und ihre Interpretation
Gunther E. Thury
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Paperback. This volume offers a detailed overview of ancient coin finds and their interpretation before offering a proposal for the categorisation of future numismatic finds. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 574.
Interpretation of coin finds is not quite an easy thing. How to distinguish, e. g., material of `hoards' from that of `votive deposits'? Where are the `border lines' dividing numismatic find categories from each other? Questions like these deserve a closer scrutiny. This book tries to face the problems by: proposing clear definitions for categories and sub-categories of coin finds; by collecting and interpreting written testimonies (from ancient literature, epigraphy and papyrology) casting light on reasons and circumstances of coin deposition and coin loss in antiquity; by describing differences of composition between the categories; by discussing difficulties of `differential diagnosis'; ... Read more
Interpretation of coin finds is not quite an easy thing. How to distinguish, e. g., material of `hoards' from that of `votive deposits'? Where are the `border lines' dividing numismatic find categories from each other? Questions like these deserve a closer scrutiny. This book tries to face the problems by: proposing clear definitions for categories and sub-categories of coin finds; by collecting and interpreting written testimonies (from ancient literature, epigraphy and papyrology) casting light on reasons and circumstances of coin deposition and coin loss in antiquity; by describing differences of composition between the categories; by discussing difficulties of `differential diagnosis'; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Archaeopress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784914158
SKU
V9781784914158
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