Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World: The Nickle Numismatic Papers

by Waldemar Heckel

Through the ages, coins have been more than a common standard or a means of exchange between peoples for goods and services. The development of coinage gave men freedom to move beyond their communities, served as a propaganda tool for advancing armies and visually showed people the source of politics which governed their lives. Today, these same bits of metal, these ancient video disks, transmit through time information that might otherwise be lost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889201307
• ISBN13: 9780889201309
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 324 Pages