Andrew Meadows is Curator of Ancient Greek Coins in the British Museum.Kirsty Shipton is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Leicester and Visiting Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London

• 1. Archaic Coinage as Evidence for the Use of Money ; 2. Coinage and Democracy at Athens ; 3. The Politics of Coinage: Athens and Hellenistic Monarchy ; 4. Money, Freedom, and Empire in the Hellenistic World ; 5. The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC ; 6. Temples, Credit, and the Circulation of Money ; 7. Money and the Elite in Classical Athens ; 8. The Politics of Monetization in Third-Century BC Egypt ; 9. Money Use among the Peasantry of Roman Egypt

The volume is well-produced and the articles are thoughtful, each in its way moving us forward toward a deeper understanding of one of the most profound economic revolutions the world has known.

Andrew Meadows is Curator of Ancient Greek Coins in the British Museum.Kirsty Shipton is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Leicester and Visiting Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London

• 1. Archaic Coinage as Evidence for the Use of Money ; 2. Coinage and Democracy at Athens ; 3. The Politics of Coinage: Athens and Hellenistic Monarchy ; 4. Money, Freedom, and Empire in the Hellenistic World ; 5. The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC ; 6. Temples, Credit, and the Circulation of Money ; 7. Money and the Elite in Classical Athens ; 8. The Politics of Monetization in Third-Century BC Egypt ; 9. Money Use among the Peasantry of Roman Egypt

The volume is well-produced and the articles are thoughtful, each in its way moving us forward toward a deeper understanding of one of the most profound economic revolutions the world has known.

Andrew Meadows is Curator of Ancient Greek Coins in the British Museum.Kirsty Shipton is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Leicester and Visiting Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London

• 1. Archaic Coinage as Evidence for the Use of Money ; 2. Coinage and Democracy at Athens ; 3. The Politics of Coinage: Athens and Hellenistic Monarchy ; 4. Money, Freedom, and Empire in the Hellenistic World ; 5. The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC ; 6. Temples, Credit, and the Circulation of Money ; 7. Money and the Elite in Classical Athens ; 8. The Politics of Monetization in Third-Century BC Egypt ; 9. Money Use among the Peasantry of Roman Egypt

The volume is well-produced and the articles are thoughtful, each in its way moving us forward toward a deeper understanding of one of the most profound economic revolutions the world has known.