The Power of Money : Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire

by: Figueira, Th.

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 This superb work belongs in the libraries of all universities. Essential."--Choice "The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."--Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College "Thomas Figueira's work on Athenian monetary policy is not only solid, thorough, and meticulously reasoned but also new and original in its conception. It will be a basic text for all concerned with the Athenian empire and its economy well into the new century."--Mabel L. Lang, Bryn Mawr College "The Power of Money is potentially the most significant work on the Athenian Empire written in many years. . . . Quite simply, the current understanding of Athens' economic relations with her allies will have to be totally reconsidered as a result of Figueira's work."--Stanley Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles "The Power of Money is a major contribution to the scholarship of classical Greece. . . . It will be cited and used with approval in all serious future acounts of fifth-century political history. It will also occupy an important place in the scholarship on ancient coinage and economics. It is masterful scholarship all around, on both the technical and conceptual levels."--John H. Kroll, The University of Texas "A work of immense learning."--Harold B. Mattingly, American Journal of Archaeology Was Athens an imperialistic state, deserving all the reputation for exploitation that adjective can imply, or was the Athenian alliance, even at its most unequal, still characterized by a convergence of interests? The Power of Money explores monetary and metrological policy at Athens as a way of discerning the character of Athenian hegemony in midfifth-century Greece. It begins with the Athenian Coinage Decree, which, after decades of scholarly attention, still presents unresolved questions for Greek historians about content, intent, date, and effect. Was the Decree an act of commercial imperialism or simply the codification of what was already current practice? Figueira interprets the Decree as one in a series concerned with financial matters affecting the Athenian city-state and emerging from the way the collection of tribute functioned in the alliance that we call the Athenian empire. He contends that the Decree served primarily to legislate the status quo ante. Thomas Figueira is Professor of Classics and of Ancient History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Contents:
LIST OF TABLES
ix (2)
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi (6)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
INTRODUCTION: GENESIS AND ORGANIZATION 1 (20)
PART I: NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE FOR MONETARY POLICY 21 (180)
CHAPTER 1: NUMISMATIC BASICS AND HOARD EVIDENCE
21 (28)
CHAPTER 2: CURTAILMENT OF ALLIED MINTING
49 (43)
CHAPTER 3: ELECTRUM MINTS
92 (18)
CHAPTER 4: MINTS IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION
110 (40)
CHAPTER 5: THE MINTS OF THE AUTONOMOUS ALLIES
150 (25)
CHAPTER 6: WAS MINTING SILVER EVER PROHIBITED?
175 (5)
CHAPTER 7: THE ATTIC MINT AND MONETARY OUTPUT
180 (21)
PART II: LITERARY EVIDENCE FOR MONETARY POLICY 201 (18)
CHAPTER 8: THE LITERARY EVIDENCE
201 (18)
PART III: MONETARY POLICY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT 219 (100)
CHAPTER 9: CONTEXTS FOR MONETARY POLICY
219 (40)
CHAPTER 10: TRIBUTE AND MONETARY POLICY
259 (37)
CHAPTER 11: METROLOGICAL CONSOLIDATION
296 (23)
PART IV: EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE FOR MONETARY POLICY 319 (150)
CHAPTER 12: THE COINAGE DECREE: PART I
319 (34)
CHAPTER 13: THE COINAGE DECREE: PART II
353 (27)
CHAPTER 14: THE COINAGE DECREE: PART III
380 (31)
CHAPTER 15: THE COINAGE DECREE: PART IV AND CONCLUSION
411 (13)
CHAPTER 16: IG I(3) 90 AND MONETARY LEGISLATION
424 (7)
CHAPTER 17: THE DATING AND THE INSCRIPTION OF THE COINAGE DECREE
431 (38)
PART V: SYNTHESIS 469 (94)
CHAPTER 18: MONETARY INTEGRATION
469 (27)
CHAPTER 19: HEGEMONY AND MONETARY DISINTEGRATION: THE HOME FRONT
496 (32)
CHAPTER 20: IMITATIONS OF ATTIC COINS
528 (8)
CHAPTER 21: THE COINAGE LAW OF 375/4
536 (12)
CHAPTER 22: FINAL THOUGHTS: HEGEMONY AND MONETARY POLICY
548 (15)
APPENDIX: ATHENIAN ALLIES: COINAGE AND TRIBUTE 563 (36)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 599 (10)
INDEX LOCORUM 609 (8)
GENERAL INDEX 617

Subjects:
479-431 B.C
Athen
Athens (Greece) Politics and government
Athens (Greece) Politics and government Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
Coinage
Coinage Greece Athens 5th century B.C
Coinage Greece Athens History
Geldpolitik
Geschichte 479 v. Chr.-431 v. Chr
Greece
Greece Athens
Greece History Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C
Grèce Histoire 479-431 av. J.-C. (Apogée d'Athènes)
Griekse oudheid
History
Monetaire politiek
Monetary policy
Monetary policy Greece Athens 5th century B.C
Monetary policy Greece Athens History
Monnaie Frappe Grèce Athènes Histoire
Münze
Politics and government
Politics in numismatics
Politics in numismatics Greece Athens History
Politique en numismatique Grèce Athènes Histoire
Politique monétaire Grèce Athènes Histoire

xix, 627 pages ; 24 cm

The Power of Money : Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire

by: Figueira, Th.

• ISBN-13: 9780812234411 / 978-0-8122-3441-1
• ISBN-03: 0812234413 / 0-8122-3441-3
• University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1998

Price: 92,75 EURO

1 copy in stock