Die antike Münze als Fundgegenstand

Kategorien numismatischer Funde und ihre Interpretation

By (author) Günther E. Thüry

Book cover: Die antike Münze als Fundgegenstand

Extent: 220 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Numismatics

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(August 2016)

ISBN: 9781784914158

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $70.00

In stock

This volume offers a detailed overview of ancient coin finds and their interpretation before offering a proposal for the categorisation of future numismatic finds.


Interpretation of coin finds is not quite an easy thing. How to distinguish, e. g., material of ‘hoards’ from that of ‘votive deposits’? Where are the ‘border lines’ dividing numismatic find categories from each other? Questions like these deserve a closer scrutiny. This book tries to face the problems by: proposing clear definitions for categories and sub-categories of coin finds; by collecting and interpreting written testimonies (from ancient literature, epigraphy and papyrology) casting light on reasons and circumstances of coin deposition and coin loss in antiquity; by describing differences of composition between the categories; by discussing difficulties of ‘differential diagnosis’; and the role of secondary finds. For each problem and for each find category a large number of examples is offered.

  • By (author) Günther E. Thüry