The Invention of Greek Coinage (Prof. Suzanne Frey-Kupper)

Описание: This talk builds upon the foundations laid in Numismatics 101 and is intended for the beginner with little to no knowledge about numismatics. In this talk, Professor Suzanne Frey-Kupper discusses the invention of Greek coinage, providing a beginner friendly introduction to the material, its context, and use.

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Select reading:
Pre-monetary transactions:
Eshel, T., Yahalom-Mack, N., Shalev, S., Tirosh, O., Erel, Y., and Gilboa, A. (2018) ‘Four Iron Age Silber hoards from Southern Phoenicia: From bundles to Hacksilber’, American Schools of Oriental Research, BASOR 379: 197–228
Thompson, C. M. (2003) ‘Sealed Silver in Iron Age Cisjordan and the 'Invention' of Coinage’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 22: 67–107
Electrum Coinage:
Kroll, J. H. (2012) ‘The monetary background of early coinage’, in The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage ed. W.E. Metcalf (Oxford: Oxford University Press) 33–42
Many articles in the vol. below; among these, see especially Fischer-Bossert and Kerschner & Konuk:
Wartenberg, U. and van Alfen, P. with Fischer-Bossert, W., Gitler, H., Konuk, K. and Lorber, K. (2020) White Gold. Studies in Early Electrum Coinage (New York and Jerusalem: American Numismatic Society and The Israel Museum)