Stephen M Huston
Biographic Data
| ID | 10845308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen M Huston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Huston |
| SIGNATURE | HUSTON S M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Surge in Prices under Ptolemies IV and V
Ptolemy IV (222-205/4 BC) reduced the weight of his bronze drachm-coin from 68.5 gm to 2 gm and thereby inflated the volume of copper drachms in his kingdom by 34 times. But over his reign and into the early second century, the cost of wheat and menial labour rose about 60 times, so that other factors helped to increase the price of goods and services. Those factors were certainly an increase in the velocity of the bronze coinage, but only possib…
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The Surge in Prices under Ptolemies IV and V
Ptolemy IV (222-205/4 BC) reduced the weight of his bronze drachm-coin from 68.5 gm to 2 gm and thereby inflated the volume of copper drachms in his kingdom by 34 times. But over his reign and into the early second century, the cost of wheat and menial labour rose about 60 times, so that other factors helped to increase the price of goods and services. Those factors were certainly an increase in the velocity of the bronze coinage, but only possib…
Abandonment (legal) (1 work) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Bronze (1 work) · Bronze Age (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Economic history (1 work)