Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria: Euthydemus I to Antimachus I

by Simon Glenn

The coins produced by the kings of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom of the third and second centuries BC are the best and, in some cases only, primary source of evidence for the history of the period. The lack of context has, however, often led to highly speculative uses of the numismatic evidence in previous historical reconstructions. Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria returns the focus to the coins themselves and presents the results of a full die...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897223616
• ISBN13: 9780897223614
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: American Numismatic Society
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 6.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.6" x 12.0"