Chapter 8. Coinage and Finance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20053994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophia Kremydi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 159-178 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ancient Macedon (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004209237_010 |
| OpenAlex | W756508644 |
| ISBN | 9789004209237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The land of the Macedonians was rich in natural resources. The abundant natural resources within and around their realm, and especially the precious metal mines, put the Macedonians in contact and in conflict with neighbours and other powerful states and gave them a pre-eminent role in the events of the Greek world. The minting of coins in Macedonia was adopted under Alexander I sometime after the retreat of the Persians from Greece in 479 BC. The Macedonians had practised a sophisticated manipulation of coinage since the fifth century. Philip's gold was the first important gold coinage of the Greek world, and the φιλίππeιοι χρυσοί, followed by the staters of Alexander on the same weight standard, were the coins that would replace the Persian daric on the international market. In the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedonia, the practise of issuing posthumous coinages was not limited to the Alexanders. Keywords: Greek world; international market; Macedonian coinage; natural resources
Ancient history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Macedonian · Natural resource · Political science · Realm · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |