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Paperback • 2010 • English • 1. edition
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This book explores the impact of Alexander the Great's introduction of coined money on the economy and society of Egypt and its political implications for the formation of the Ptolemaic state. It argues that the introduction of coinage happened slowly, spreading gradually from Alexandria into the chora. Under Ptolemy II, however, Egypt was aggressively monetised. Using both numismatic and papyrological evidence, the workings of a rural monetary economy are reconstructed where coinage was in high...Show more
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ISBN
9780521130547
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published year
2010
Language
English
Edition
1
Original title
Money in Ptolemaic Egypt From the Macedonian Conquest to the End of the Third Century BC
Format
Paperback
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