John Porteous

Coins

DKK 100,00

Varenr. 90.88-50 –  Indbundet og med omslag. – Illustreret med fotos og tegninger. – 96 sider. – Pænt eksemplar. – 100 kr.

Bogen fortæller om mønternes historie med udgangspunkt i Grækenland i det 7. årh. f. Kr.  med en omtale af Romerrigets mønter samt andre europæiske mønter fra middelalderen, renæssancen, Den Franske Revolution samt videre frem til industraliseringen af samfundet i 1800-tallet , der også revolutionerede fremstillingen af mønter.

Octopus Books - 1973

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INDHOLD: Coins of the Greeks. – Invention of coinage in the 7.th  century BC. – Gold and silver coinage of Croesus and the Persians. – Philip of Macedom and Celtic imitations. – Alexander The Great. – The first portrait coins. – Romans and Byzantines.  – The first Roman silvercoins: The denarius. – Gods and death masks on republican  coins. – Coins as a medium for propaganda. – Julius Caesar.- The reforms of Augustus. – Byzantine coinage. – Religious symbolism on coins. – European coinage in the Middle Ages. – Gold replaces bronze and silver. – The Visigoths. – Merovingian denarii. – Early Anglo-Saxon coins. – The Carolingian reform. – Offa’s pennies. – Anglo-Saxon administration. – Sterling. – Feudal issues in France. – The Crusades. – Later medieval coins of England and France. – The Renaissance and the Baroque. – Changes in techniques and design. – The Storza ducats. – Coin-portraiture of the Renassaince in Italy. – Ferdinand and Isabella. – German coins of the 16.th century. – Peter the Great of Russia. – German ingravers in Italy. – Swift and Wood’s halfpence. – The Industrial Revolution and Matthew Boulton. – Coinage transformed.   – The United States dollar. – Decimilization. – Effect of machines on design. – Coins become small change. – Neo-classical coin design and the French Revolution. – Napoleonic coinage. – Some modern coins.