Die Antike Munze ALS Fundgegenstand: Kategorien Numismatischer Funde Und Ihre Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9781784914158 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2016 / 206 str.

Gunther E. Thury

Opis

Interpretation of coin finds is not quite an easy thing. How to distinguish, e. g., material of hoards from that of votive deposits ? Where are the border lines dividing numismatic find categories from each other? Questions like these deserve a closer scrutiny. This book tries to face the problems by: proposing clear definitions for categories and sub-categories of coin finds; by collecting and interpreting written testimonies (from ancient literature, epigraphy and papyrology) casting light on reasons and circumstances of coin deposition and coin loss in antiquity; by describing differences of composition between the categories; by discussing difficulties of differential diagnosis; and the role of secondary finds. For each problem and for each find category a large number of examples is offered."