Minting, State, and Economy in the Visigothic Kingdom : From Settlement in Aquitaine through the First Decade of the Muslim Conquest of Spain /

This study of the Visigothic kingdom's monetary system in southern Gaul and Hispania from the fifth century through the Muslim invasion of Spain fills a major gap in the scholarship of late antiquity. Examining all aspects of the making of currency, it sets minting in relation to questions of s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kurt, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Late antique and early medieval Iberia.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Visigoths > Spain.
Money > Spain > History.
Spain > History > Gothic period, 414-711.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pre-regal Visigothic coinage
  • The king's coinage : the beginning and development of the regal coinage (c. 573-c. 720)
  • The activities of the mints from c. 573-c. 720
  • Why were gold coins struck in the Visigothic Kingdom?
  • The royal control of Visigothic minting
  • Coinage in Spain in the aftermath of the Islamic conquest
  • Visigothic currency in the early medieval economy.

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