Hello,
I've thought of picking up the book also. I saw it listed on the David Brown Book Company and it stated:
Coinage in
Roman Egypt: The
Hoard Evidence
by Erik
Christiansen In this volume, Erik
Christiansen uses Alexandrian
coin hoards to explore the use of
money in
Egypt from its conquest by
Augustus in 30 BC to Diocletian's currency reform in AD 296. Although these finds, with their wide array of Graeco-Roman and Alexandrian reverses, have traditionally been classified as a
part of Greek coinage, he demonstrates clearly that they belong to the
Roman imperial coinage. The
hoards also show that
Roman Egypt enjoyed a widespread monetized economy, in addition to the credit system described in extant papyri. The relative
abundance of such documents provides
Christiansen with a
good supplemental source of information for
his conclusions. And since financial administration is known to have been quite uniform throughout the empire, this book provides a useful window on not only Rome's shifting economic fortunes but also monetary policy in other provinces, which did not leave behind the rich heritage of coins and documents that
Egypt did. 256p, illus. (
Aarhus UP)
ISBN 8772889640. Paperback. Publishers
price US $29.95, DBBC
Price US $24.00
