Heads or Tails Metal hoards from the Iron Age southern Levant
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| Publication date | 2018 |
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| Book title | Gifts, Goods and Money |
| Book subtitle | Comparing currency and circulation systems in past societies |
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| Pages (from-to) | 85-104 |
| Publisher | Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing |
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| Abstract | This paper deals with the monetary nature of the Iron Age silver hoards from the southern Levant. Starting from an approach to money as being always a token and a commodity at the same time, two hoards from Megiddo and Arad are explored as case studies. Based on an extensive discussion with reference to Viking Age silver hoards and literary sources, an interpretation of the silver hoards as both token and commodity is proposed, thereby showing that pre-coinage silver already had the monetary characteristics that are usually only associated with coinage. |
| Document type | Chapter |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781784918354 |
| Other links | https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Open-Access/Open-Access |
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