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The X4 Hoard (Spain) : Unveiling the Presence of Greek Coinages during the Second Punic War

Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre

subject

Tresors monetaris (Numismàtica)Arqueologia

description

A specific lot of Greek coins coming from one of the most important hoards buried in Spain during the last or first decade of the third-second century BCE is described in detail. Attention is drawn to their role in the economy of this time period, in which coins were valued by users for their silver content. The Second Punic War war and related troop movements fostered the spread of Greek coins far from their minting area on a scale not previously seen

http://hdl.handle.net/10550/26175