Coinage in the Roman Economy 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 by Kenneth W. Harl, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

The premier form of Roman money since the time of the Second Punic War (218-201 B. C.), coins were vital to the success of Roman state finances, taxation, markets, and commerce beyond the frontiers. Yet until now, the economic and social history of Rome has been written independently of numismatic studies, which detail such technical information as weight standards, mint output, hoards, and finds at archaeological sites. In Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B. C. to A. D. 700, noted classicist and numismatist Kenneth W. Harl brings together these two fields in the first comprehensive history of how Roman coins were minted and used. Drawing on both literary and documentary sources, as well as on current methods of metallurgical study and statistical analysis of coins from archaeological sites, Harl presents a sweeping overview of a system of coinage in use for more than a millennium. Challenging much recent scholarship, he emphasizes the important role played by coins during overseas expansion of the Roman Republic during the second century B. C., in imperial inflation | Coinage in the Roman Economy 300 B. C. to A. D. 700 by Kenneth W. Harl, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters | Coinage in the Roman Economy 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 by Kenneth W. Harl, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters