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Con esta muestra se pretende dar a conocer las monedas tradicionales africanas, reivindicar su lugar en la historia del dinero y de los sistemas monetarios y, a través de ellas, comprender mejor a los pueblos que las emplearon. Las monedas son un reflejo de la sociedad, las creencias, la cultura, la economia, e incluso del desarrollo tecnologico de cada uno de ellos. Tradicionalmente los pueblos africanos emplearon como dinero sal, cacao, conchas, asi como tejidos, armas, herramientas, joyas..., productos naturales o manufacturas a los que se les reconocia un valor por el propio material, pero tambien por su utilidad y por el simbolismo o significado que tenian dentro de cada sociedad. A ello se sumara con el tiempo un interes estetico, lo que los convierte ademas en objetos bellos y deseables que poco a poco adquirian mas valor de intercambio y perdian a su vez el uso inicial para el que fueron creados. Refinando sus formas, se aumentaba su valor.

The premier form of Roman money since the time of the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.), coins were vital to the success of Roman state finances, taxation, markets, and commerce beyond the frontiers. Yet until now, the economic and social history of Rome has been written independently of numismatic studies, which detail such technical information as weight standards, mint output, hoards, and finds at archaeological sites. In Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, noted classicist and numismatist Kenneth W. Harl brings together these two fields in the first comprehensive history of how Roman coins were minted and used. Drawing on literary and documentary sources as well as on current methods of metallurgical study and statistical analysis of coins from archaeological sites, Harl presents a sweeping overview of a system of coinage in use for more than a millennium. Challenging much recent scholarship, he emphasizes the important role played by coins in the overseas expansion of the Roman Republic during the second century B.C., in imperial inflationary policies during the third and fourth centuries A.D., and in the dissolution of the Roman Mediterranean order in the seventh century A.D. He also offers the first region-by-region analysis of prices and wages throughout Roman history with reference to the changing buying power of the major circulating denominations. And he shows how the seldom-studied provincial, civic, and imitative coinages were in fact important components of Roman currency. Richly illustrated with photographic reproductions of nearly three hundred specimens, Coinage in the Roman Economy offers a significant contribution to Roman economic history. Itwill be of interest to scholars and students of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, as well as to professional and amateur numismatists.

En esta nueva entrega de Varia Nummorum, serie que comenzó en el ya un tanto lejano año 2012, seguimos con el propósito de ofrecer al lector novedades, estudios y curiosidades (en este volumen 73) en torno a la numismatica antigua, preferentemente (y casi de manera exclusiva) de los siglos II a.C. al siglo I d.C.

The 19th Century produced some of the most popular coinage in world monetary history, as evidenced by the number of high-profile auctions worldwide bringing record prices and further driving demand for these classic coins. The Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, is designed to meet the needs of researchers, collectors, auctioneers and dealers of this vast range of coins produced during the critically important time. With a more than 40 year tradition of excellence in the hobby, the Standard Catalog of World Coins gathers and vets data from more than 140 worldwide experts to produce the most respected and referenced resource on the subject. Featuring 27,500 actual-size images, the volume covers all mint-issue coins of the world, as well as tokens, patterns, sets and more. Arranged alphabetically by country, each coin listing provides: Current values listed by date, variety and grade Universal KM reference number Detailed descriptions of obverse and reverse designs Clear images to aid in identification What's more, coins struck in gold, platinum and silver are detailed with: Total coin weight Fineness Actual precious metal weight