Readership: Classicists; ancient historians; economic historians; numismatists and coin collectors.
Edited by W. V. Harris, Shepherd Professor of History, Columbia University
"This volume provides a welcome and up-to-date discussion of monetary systems in the ancient Mediterranean world. The perspectives are varied, well-researched and promise to generate significant debate... This volume illustrates the extent of these developments and raises important new questions and perspectives." - Darrell J. Rohl in Archaelogical Review from Cambridge
"Monetary Systems serves as an excellent overview of the most interesting topics in ancient monetary history today and provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the economic history of the ancient world in general." - Darel Tai Engen, EH.Net
"Harris has done an excellent job of bringing to the fore themes that cut across the contributions." - Vedia Izzet and Robert Shorrock
1: John Kroll: The Monetary Use of Weighed Bullion in Archaic Greece 2: David M. Schaps: What Was Money in Ancient Greece and Rome? 3: Richard Seaford: Money and Tragedy 4: Edward E. Cohen: The Elasticity of the Money-Supply at Athens 5: J. G. Manning: Coinage as `Code' in Ptolemaic Egypt 6: David B. Hollander: The Demand for Money in the Late Roman Republic 7: David Kessler & Peter Temin: Money and Prices in the Early Roman Empire 8: Elio Lo Cascio: The Function of Gold Coinage in the Monetary Economy of the Roman Empire 9: W. V. Harris: The Nature of Roman Money 10: Jean Andreau: The Use and Survival of Coins and of Gold and Silver in the Vesuvian Cities 11: Constantina Katsari: The Monetization of the Roman Frontier Provinces: A Quantitative Revision 12: Walter Scheidel: The Divergent Evolution of Coinage in Eastern and Western Eurasia
