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These are not just ordinary coins, suitable for tossing into the change jar at the end of the day. And yet, at one time they perhaps were. In these seven essays, contributors show how coins can mirror or inform the societies in which they pass from hand to hand. A major coin horde has serious things to say about the reign of Darius I. A little-known aspect of Hellenistic Judea is revealed in a depiction of dynastic symbols on a coin. Roman coins contain messages of supplication, and coins reveal secrets about Poemenius's Revolt and Trier. One scholar finds transitional coins of the caliphs of Umayyad North, and two others examine the symbolism of the first of the US coins, the half-dime of 1792. Each essay contains references. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
