Currency, the Pompeiians and Vesuvius /

Currency, the Pompeiians and Vesuvius /

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Author / Creator:	Depeyrot, Georges, author.
Imprint:	Wetteren, Belgium : Moneta, 2016.
Description:	204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Collection Moneta ; 193 Collection Moneta ; 193.
Subject:	Coins, Roman -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) Coins, Roman. Excavations (Archaeology) Numismatics. Numismatics -- History. Pompeii (Extinct city) Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11020704

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ISBN:	9789491384615 9491384619
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	The analysis of Roman coin circulation is generally based on hoards and coin finds. They reflect two different aspects of the movement of coins. The former are the result of the careful selection of coins according to metal, date of issue, conservation ; the latter are the result of haphazard losses of petty coins that nobody wanted to spend time to recover.00Pompeii is a unique case. The sudden eruption of Vesuvius on October 24th, 79, stopped life in the city. At this moment (1 pm), a large part of the population was working outside the town. While the inhabitants of Herculaneum had enough time to try to escape from the city, Pompeii was quickly covered with pumice that made it impossible to return to the city or obstructed escape from the houses that the first pyroclastic flows very rapidly submerged. Pompeii is a unique opportunity to see a frozen image of coin circulation, even if the immediate looting of the ruins may have disturbed the remains.

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