Ancient Coins at the Elvehjem Museum of Art (Chazen Museum of Art Catalogs)
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ISBN: 0932900488 / Publisher: Chazen Museum of Art, June 2002
Coins, because of their abundance and intimate connection to the ruling elite of the ancient Greco-Roman, world offer a unique insight into the historical events of their time and into the social history of power and propaganda. This catalog illustrates and describes 193 coins from a 6th century B.C. Lydian coin to one minted at Constantinople under Theodosius I circa A.D. 380.Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Coins, because of their abundance and intimate connection to the ruling elite of the ancient Greco-Roman, world offer a unique insight into the historical events of their time and into the social history of power and propaganda. This catalog illustrates and describes 193 coins from a 6th century B.C. Lydian coin to one minted at Constantinople under Theodosius I circa A.D. 380.Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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