Symbols of what exactly? The functions of Archaic coin types

By Peter van Alfen.

Benaki Museum, 2022. Series: Memoranda Numismatica Atheniensia, No. 6. In English. Soft cover, 19x30 cm, 52 pp., ill. ISBN: 978-960-476-298-9.

While Classical and Hellenistic coinages produced in the Mediterranean have more defined relationships between their types, denominations, production by certain issuing authority, and function as monetary instruments, Archaic coinages and their semiotics are not so clear. This short monograph explores the functional premises of archaic coin types - what we know and what we do not.