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New Whitman Publishing Book Studies Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory
A Guide Book of Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory is a book for serious collectors of ancient coins—but intriguing enough to appeal to general collectors and historians as well as specialists and academics. This is the first book-length study of how, when, and why Greek coins were overstruck, and the new understanding it reveals to students of ancient history. The book includes more than 150 high-resolution photographs and line drawings showing overstruck coins and their undertypes.
“There are a number of articles concerning individual overstruck Greek coins or related groups of coins,” says author David MacDonald, “but they’re all narrowly specialized. There has never before been a book-length treatment of the phenomenon.”
MacDonald is professor emeritus of the History Department at Illinois State University. He spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, received his Master’s degree in 1968, and his PhD in 1972 (from the University of Minnesota). He has published three other numismatic books as sole author, one as co-author, and 50 refereed articles in academic journals, foreign and American, mostly on numismatic subjects, and some on ancient inscriptions. MacDonald is a member of several numismatic organizations, and has received the Hellenic Numismatic Society’s silver medal for his numismatic publications.
“In the more than thirty years that I have known David MacDonald,” says Harlan J. Berk, author of the award-winning 100 Greatest Ancient Coins (“Best Specialized Book, World Coins,” Numismatic Literary Guild, 2008), “he has always been intensely interested in overstrikes on Greek coins. I was always under the impression overstrikes taught us only about chronology; but in fact, they teach us much more. The ancient world is viewed by most of us in simple, one- to two-dimensional terms, but it consisted of innumerable dimensions, some of them interlocking, some existing in parallel, and some completely separate from most of the others. In the area of economics this book tells us about the many demonetizations and, frequently, revaluations of coinage, all of which were accomplished with overstriking. The sophistication of ancient cultures in monetary terms was revealed to me by my advance reading of this remarkable volume. I am very pleased that Whitman Publishing took on this important project. It deserves every one of the accolades I know it will receive.”
Overstruck Greek Coins will debut at the Whitman Philadelphia Expo in September 2009.
A Guide Book of Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory is a book for serious collectors of ancient coins—but intriguing enough to appeal to general collectors and historians as well as specialists and academics. This is the first book-length study of how, when, and why Greek coins were overstruck, and the new understanding it reveals to students of ancient history. The book includes more than 150 high-resolution photographs and line drawings showing overstruck coins and their undertypes.
“There are a number of articles concerning individual overstruck Greek coins or related groups of coins,” says author David MacDonald, “but they’re all narrowly specialized. There has never before been a book-length treatment of the phenomenon.”
MacDonald is professor emeritus of the History Department at Illinois State University. He spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, received his Master’s degree in 1968, and his PhD in 1972 (from the University of Minnesota). He has published three other numismatic books as sole author, one as co-author, and 50 refereed articles in academic journals, foreign and American, mostly on numismatic subjects, and some on ancient inscriptions. MacDonald is a member of several numismatic organizations, and has received the Hellenic Numismatic Society’s silver medal for his numismatic publications.
“In the more than thirty years that I have known David MacDonald,” says Harlan J. Berk, author of the award-winning 100 Greatest Ancient Coins (“Best Specialized Book, World Coins,” Numismatic Literary Guild, 2008), “he has always been intensely interested in overstrikes on Greek coins. I was always under the impression overstrikes taught us only about chronology; but in fact, they teach us much more. The ancient world is viewed by most of us in simple, one- to two-dimensional terms, but it consisted of innumerable dimensions, some of them interlocking, some existing in parallel, and some completely separate from most of the others. In the area of economics this book tells us about the many demonetizations and, frequently, revaluations of coinage, all of which were accomplished with overstriking. The sophistication of ancient cultures in monetary terms was revealed to me by my advance reading of this remarkable volume. I am very pleased that Whitman Publishing took on this important project. It deserves every one of the accolades I know it will receive.”
Overstruck Greek Coins will debut at the Whitman Philadelphia Expo in September 2009.
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