Coinage & Economy
You’re one step close to riches and wealth with Day 23 of our Oxbow Advent as these books are all about ancient coins and markets!
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From Local Realities to Global Narratives
The volume emphasizes exchange and transformation along the Silk Roads, highlighting the multiplicity of networks that constituted the Silk Roads, and approaches to the Silk Roads from Antiquity to China’s One Belt One Road Initiative from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas.
9781789254709
Hardcover
312 Pages
Manipulation of Coin Standards in Pre-Modern Monetary Systems
The debasement of coinage, particularly of silver, was a common feature of pre-modern monetary systems. Most coinages were issued by state authorities and the condition of a coinage is often seen (rightly or wrongly) as an indicator of the broader fiscal health of the state that produced it.
9781789253986
Hardcover
240 Pages
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain is a major new evaluation and analysis, presenting a comprehensive survey of over 3260 coin hoards, their dates, contexts, mode of deposition, associations, and regional patterning. It is vital reading for anyone interested in coinage of the period.
9781785708558
Hardcover
384 Pages
The Medieval Wool trade and Its Political Importance 1100–1600
Susan Rose presents a fascinating new exposition on the role of the wool trade in the economy and political history of medieval England. She shows how this simple product created wealth and status among men of hugely varying backgrounds, transformed market towns both economically and in architectural terms and contributed to fundamental social and
9781789253825
Paperback
240 Pages
Market as Place and Space of Economic Exchange
Perspectives from Archaeology and Anthropology
Market as Place and Space takes as its theme the concept, development, structure, and economic implications of the market as both a physical and social structure. It takes a theoretical approach to exploring the nature and varying significance of products selected for immediate sale in the physical market place and commodities traded over longer di
9781785708930
Paperback
256 Pages
