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Why Did The Greek "Polis" Originally Need Coins?, Thomas R. Martin Jan 1996

Why Did The Greek "Polis" Originally Need Coins?, Thomas R. Martin

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Why did the ancient Greek polis originally need coins? This question, so simple to pose and so difficult to answer, leads to more specific queries such as what practical purposes coins served in the polis and what messages they communicated either explicitly through their types and legends or implicitly by their very creation as products of the political community of the polis.


The Chronology Of The Fourth-Century B.C. Facing-Head Silver Coinage Of Larissa, Thomas R. Martin Jan 1983

The Chronology Of The Fourth-Century B.C. Facing-Head Silver Coinage Of Larissa, Thomas R. Martin

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