The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece 0472036408, 9780472036400

The invention of coinage was a conceptual revolution, not a technological one. Only with the invention of Greek coinage

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The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece
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