Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World: The Athenian Empire by Kallet, Lisa -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Coverpage Half title Series page Title page Imprints page Contents Figures Maps Table Preface Chronological Table

The Pentecontaetia The Peloponnesian War

Abbreviations Maps 1 Introduction

What Was the Athenian Arche? Sources

Inscriptions Coin Hoards and Dies

2 The Silver Owl Coinage of Athens

Early Developments The Early Classical Coinage (478 to Mid-450s BC) The “Standardized” Coinage (c. 455–405 BC) Mining, Coining, and Profits Commerce and Imports: Consumer Culture Democracy and Empire Dispersal within the Arche: Tribute, Payments, and War Hoards and Dispersal beyond the Arche

3 Coinages of the Allied Cities

To Mint or Not to Mint Coinages in Electrum Silver Coinages The Island District

Euboea The Cycladic Islands

The Thraceward District

The Chalkidike Peninsula Coastal Thrace

The Hellespontine District The Ionian and Karian Districts

Allied Minting and Athens

4 Numismatic Narratives in the Pentekontaetia, 479–431 BC

5 The Archidamian War, 431–421 BC

Realities of Spartan Financing The Settlement after the Revolt of Mytilene in 428–427 BC Revolts in the Chalkidike, 432–421

6 The Peace of Nikias and the Rethinking of Monetary Policy, 421–413 BC

7 The Ionian War and Loss of Empire, 413–404 BC

Athens after 413 Financing the Spartan Fleet Coins and the Spartan Fleet Emergency Coinages at Athens Aftermath

8 Epilogue: From Tribute to Taxation

Kyzikos: City of Staters Transitioning to Empire-Wide Economic Uniformity The Empire in Broader Context: Looking Around and Forward

Guide to Further Reading Appendices

Appendix A Weight Standards and Denominational Systems

1. Coin Weights 2. The Athenian Trade Weight Standard

Appendix B Hoards

Single-Mint Hoards

Attica Islands Thraceward

Hellespontine

Ionia Karia

Mixed Hoards

Thraceward Ionia

Appendix C Glossary of Numismatic Terms

Bibliography

Translations References

Index