A Monetary and Political History of the Phoenician City of Byblos in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.

by A G Elayi, Josette Elayi, A. G. Elayi

Arwad (now in Syria), Byblos (now Jbeil in Lebanon), Sidon (Saida in Lebanon), and Tyre (Sour in Lebanon)--the four major cites of Persian-period Phoenicia--all minted their own coins. Archaeologists and historians have found these coins to be a major resource for the reconstruction of Phoenician history. They have increasingly been able to use them to discern important details of Phoenicia's political history that were previously unknown or were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575063042
• ISBN13: 9781575063041
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"