The invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece - Schaps, David M. (University of Michigan Press, 2004)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-272) and index
The revolutionary invention -- Questions and controversies -- Money before coinage: the ancient Near East -- Greece before money: the Bronze Age -- Homer: tripods and oxen -- The archaic age: cauldrons, spits and silver -- The first coins -- Money and the market -- The monetization of politics -- War by other means -- The monetization of labor -- Money on the farm -- Using money to make money -- Monetization: limits and illusions