Sealed silver in iron age cisjordan and the 'invention' of coinage

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-107

  Thompson, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; IRON AGE; PRECIOUS METAL; SILVER;

EID: 0037300488     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00005     Document Type: Article

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