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Revision as of 17:04, 8 February 2022
The "SILVER" project will study the composition of silver coins from the ancient worlds (Greek and Roman) up to 250 AD thanks to very advanced technologies used daily by geochemists. The questions raised are those of the origin of money and the link between economic development and the circulation of silver coins and objects of worship.
At the time, money was the foundation of the current economy: it was used to pay salaries and balances, as well as for ordinary transactions. Gold was too rare to be really useful for the payment needs of the population. As for copper as it was used for small change, in the Egypt of the Ptolemies for example, it was of such little value that people were forced to mint heavy coins. In addition, copper money competed with the demand for bronze used for weapons. It is therefore through money that wealth circulated and it is the study of this circulation that is the subject of this project.
Currently, there are 2,771 entries in the database.
Currently, there are 2,963 entries in the database.
References
- ^ Callataÿ 1997b
- ^ Callataÿ 2003
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2017), “Overstrikes of late Mesambrian Alexanders: the great unbalance of their distribution and what they tell us about the logic behind”, in Dilyana Boteva (ed.), Ex nummis lux. Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honour of Dimitar Draganov, Sofia, p. 145-161.
