Το Βυζαντινό Νόμισμα: Μέσο συναλλαγής και έκφραση αυτοκρατορικής προπαγάνδας / Byzantine Coinage: Medium of transaction and manifestation of imperial propaganda

Description

“Where documentrary mentions are lacking, and to some extent even where they available, the only way of knowing what sort of coinage was in use in a particular region is to study the finds of coins from the soil of that region. Hoards accidentally brought to light; material recovered during archaeological excavation; stray finds of single coins: these are essential basis for a history of the currency – and, by extension, for a monetary history…They are not ideal…There are aspectsof monetary history that can be deduced from the coins only with difficulty, or not at all.” – D.M. Metcalf