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The Athenian Empire: Using Coins as Sources

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Athenian Empire: Using Coins as Sources
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lisa Kallet
By (author) John H. Kroll
SeriesGuides to the Coinage of the Ancient World
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:202
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 143
Category/GenreClassical Greek and Roman archaeology
Coins, banknotes, medals and seals
ISBN/Barcode 9781107015371
ClassificationsDewey:737.49385
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 198 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 5 November 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Coinage played a central role in the history of the Athenian naval empire of the fifth century BC. It made possible the rise of the empire itself, which was financed through tribute in coinage collected annually from the empire's approximately 200 cities. The empire's downfall was brought about by the wealth in Persian coinage that financed its enemies. This book surveys and illustrates, with nearly 200 examples, the extraordinary variety of silver and gold coinages that were employed in the history of the period, minted by cities within the empire and by those cities and rulers that came into contact with it. It also examines how coins supplement the literary sources and even attest to developments in the monetary history of the period that would otherwise be unknown. This is an accessible introduction to both the history of the Athenian empire and to the use of coins as evidence.

Author Biography

LISA KALLET is Cawkwell Fellow in Ancient History at University College, Oxford. She has published two influential books and articles on Thucydides, the Athenian empire, Attic epigraphy and Athenian democracy. JOHN H. KROLL is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the Heberden Coin Room at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He is the author of the volume of the Greek coins from the Agora Excavations and has written widely on other numismatic topics and on Greek weights and inscriptions. He has served as Trustee and Second Vice President of the American Numismatic Society.