03786nam 2200709 a 450 991109016280332120200520144314.01-134-87783-81-280-32868-197866103286800-203-13586-5978020313586010.4324/9780203135860 (CKB)111087027070762(EBL)178309(OCoLC)85789702(SSID)ssj0000103297(PQKBManifestationID)11128482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103297(PQKBWorkID)10070340(PQKB)11532914(MiAaPQ)EBC178309(OCoLC)52610764(FlBoTFG)9780203135860(EXLCZ)9911108702707076219950223d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAncient history from coins /Christopher Howgego1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19951 online resource (xvi, 176 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, mapApproaching the ancient worldDescription based upon print version of record.Includes index.1-138-16791-6 0-415-08993-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-161) and index.Cover; Ancient History from Coins; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Money; THE HISTORY OF COINAGE; WHAT DIFFERENCE DID HAVING A COINAGE MAKE?; USE OF COINAGE: ATHENS; USE OF COINAGE: ROME; Chapter 2 Minting; WHERE DID THE METALS COME FROM?; WHAT IS A MINT?; HOW LARGE WERE ISSUES?; WHY WERE COINS STRUCK?; COINAGE AND STATE EXPENDITURE; Chapter 3 Empires; COINAGE AND IMPERIALISM; ATHENS; PERSIA; PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER; SELEUCIDS; PTOLEMIES; ATTALIDS; ROME; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Politics; COIN TYPES AND POLITICSPATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: GREECE PATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: ROME; CHOICE AND INTENTION; AUDIENCE AND RECEPTION; IMAGERY AND LANGUAGE; THEMES OF POWER; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Circulation; THE EVIDENCE AND ITS LIMITATIONS; REASONS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF COIN; ARCHAIC PERIOD; LATE CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS; ROMAN PERIOD; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 Crisis; CRISIS AT ATHENS AND ROME; COINAGE UNDER PRESSURE {EXCLUDING ROME}; REASONS FOR MONETARY MANIPULATIONS IN THE ROMAN WORLD; CAUSES OF INFLATION; THE THIRD-CENTURY CRISIS; Notes; Bibliography; Key to plates; IndexLike other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with confidence. Dr Howgego describes and analyses the main contribution.Approaching the ancient world.Coins, GreekCoins, RomanCoins, AncientHistory, AncientCoins, Greek.Coins, Roman.Coins, Ancient.History, Ancient.737.4/938Howgego C. J256141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911090162803321Ancient history from coins284684UNINA03382nam 2200781 a 450 991108920460332120251117081006.097866135853949781280490163128049016097808139320880813932084(CKB)2670000000176393(OCoLC)785940939(CaPaEBR)ebrary10554885(SSID)ssj0000581809(PQKBManifestationID)11415544(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581809(PQKBWorkID)10540771(PQKB)10437919(MdBmJHUP)muse4041(Au-PeEL)EBL3444020(CaPaEBR)ebr10554885(CaONFJC)MIL358539(Perlego)856711(MiAaPQ)EBC3444020(EXLCZ)99267000000017639320110328d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe afterlives of animals a museum menagerie /edited by Samuel J.M.M. Alberti1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20111 online resource (255 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780813931678 0813931673 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the dead ark / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- "The Queen's ass" : the cultural life of Queen Charlotte's zebra in Georgian Britain / Christopher Plumb -- Maharajah the elephant's journey : from nature to culture / Samuel J.M.M. Alberti -- Sir Roger the elephant / Richard Sutcliffe, Mike Rutherford, and Jeanne Robinson -- "Under my skin" : the biography of a Manchester mandrill / Sophie Everest -- Balto the dog / Rachel Poliquin -- The biogeographies of a hollow-eyed harrier / Merle Patchett, Kate Foster, and Hayden Lorimer -- Biological objects and "mascotism" : the life and times of Alfred the gorilla / Hannah Paddon -- Neurath's whale / Michelle Henning -- The afterlife of Chi-Chi / Henry Nicholls -- The Thames whale : the difficult birth of a celebrity specimen / Richard C. Sabin -- Enlivened through memory : hunters and hunting trophies / Garry Marvin -- An afterword on afterlife / Geoffrey N. Swinney.Sabin, Natural History Museum * Richard Sutcliffe, Glasgow Museums * Geoffrey N. Swinney, University of Edinburgh.Famous animalsBiographyFamous animalsCollection and preservationNatural history museumsExhibitionsZoological specimensCollection and preservationAnimalsBiographyTaxidermyAnecdotesMenageriesAnimals and civilizationFamous animalsFamous animalsCollection and preservation.Natural history museumsZoological specimensCollection and preservation.AnimalsTaxidermyMenageries.Animals and civilization.590Alberti Samuel J. M. M879489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911089204603321The afterlives of animals4699463UNINA