The Origins of the Old Rus' Weights and Monetary Systems: Two Studies in Western Eurasian Metrology and Numismatics in the Seventh to Eleventh Centuri

by Omeljan Pritsak

In this sweeping and synthesizing work, Professor Omeljan Pritsak charts the influence of Western European, Arabic, Khazaro-Bulgarian, and, later, Byzantine metrological and numismatic systems on the development of these systems in Kyivan Rus'. Beginning with a survey of the weights and monetary systems extant in Eurasia in the seventh to eleventh centuries, Pritsak goes on to solve many of the fundamental problems that have existed for over a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916458482
• ISBN13: 9780916458485
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"