Money in the late Roman Republic /
Roman monetary history has tended to focus on the study of Roman coinage but other assets regularly functioned as, or in place of, money. This book places coinage in its broader monetary context by also examining the role of bullion, financial instruments, and commodities such as grain and wine in m...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Columbia studies in the classical tradition,
v. 29
Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition
29.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222786.
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Call Number: HG237 .H636 2007
| Summary: | Roman monetary history has tended to focus on the study of Roman coinage but other assets regularly functioned as, or in place of, money. This book places coinage in its broader monetary context by also examining the role of bullion, financial instruments, and commodities such as grain and wine in making payments, facilitating exchange, measuring value and storing wealth. The use of such assets reduced the demand for coinage in some sectors of the economy and is a crucial factor in determining the impact of the large increase in the coin supply during the last century of the Republic. Money demand theory suggests that increased coin production led to further monetization, not per capita economic growth. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's Ph.D. thesis, Roman money in the late Republic, presented to Columbia University in 2002. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-175) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047419129 |
| ISSN: | 0166-1302 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |