Lenormant, Essai sur l'organisation politique et économique de la monnaie dans l'antiquité

François Lenormant, Essai sur l'organisation politique et économique de la monnaie dans l'antiquité, Rollin et Feuardent, Paris 1863, pp. 192, 23 cm, br. and.

Original edition of this work by the renowned French numismatist, historian, and archaeologist François Lenormant (1837-1883), in which the coinage of the ancient world is considered not only from a strictly numismatic perspective, but also in its institutional, political, and economic dimensions. The author analyzes the role of monetary issues within state structures and in the economic relations of ancient civilizations, offering a broad reflection on the function of money in ancient societies. This work belongs to the early phase of Lenormant's scholarly activity and prefigures the interests he would develop more comprehensively in later years in the masterful synthesis "Money in Antiquity."

Untouched and in excellent condition.

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