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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor

Prof. Günther E. Thüry (born Vienna 1950) has been a university lecturer in Ancient History at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg since 1980 (at times in combination with teaching assignments at the universities of Basel, Krems, Leipzig and Vienna). He completed his studies in the fields of prehistory and early history, archaeobiology and classical philology (Latin and Greek studies) with a master''s thesis in numismatics and a dissertation in provincial archaeology. In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel for services to cooperation between archaeology and natural sciences; and in 2018, he was awarded the title of professor by the Austrian Federal President. Prof. Thüry is the author of 345 publications (including 18 published books).

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Sammlerkataloge
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781784914158
ISBN-10: 1784914150
Sprache: Deutsch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thury, Gunther E.
Hersteller: Archaeopress
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 174 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gunther E. Thury
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,572 kg
Artikel-ID: 103421897

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