The origins of money in Ancient Greece: The political economy of coinage and exchange

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-650

  Peacock, Mark S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient Greece; Aristotle; Coinage; Origins of money; The state

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745686688     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bel020     Document Type: Review

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