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Circulation monétaire dans la basse vallée du Rhône (IIe-Ie s. av. J. C.) d'après les monnaies de Bollène (Vaucluse)


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El numario de la Universidad de Valencia : catalogo, estudio e interpretacion de las monedas de la edad antigua
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ISBN: 843700246X Year: 1984


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Les monnaies antiques des départements des Hautes-Pyrénées, de la Haute-Garonne, du Tarn-et-Garonne et du Lot
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ISBN: 2905564008 9782905564009 Year: 1985 Publisher: Sorèze Société de recherches spéléo-archéologiques du Sorézois et Révelois


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Inventaris van de numismatische verzameling
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Year: 1983 Publisher: Leuven Stedelijk Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens


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Liber amicorum Tony Hackens
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ISBN: 9782930449128 2930449128 Year: 2007 Volume: 20 Publisher: Louvain-la-Neuve: Association de numismatique professeur Marcel Hoc,


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Scripta nummaria : contributions à la méthodologie numismatique
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Year: 1983 Publisher: Louvain-la-Neuve Bruxelles Wetteren Université catholique de Louvain. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art . Séminaire de numismatique Marcel Hoc Société royale de numismatique de Belgique Cultura

Ancient history from coins
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ISBN: 0415089921 041508993X 1138167916 9786610328680 1280328681 0203135865 9780203135860 9780415089920 9780415089937 9781134877799 113487779X 9781134877836 1134877838 9781134877843 1134877846 9781138167919 6610328684 Year: 1995 Volume: *1 Publisher: London Routledge

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Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with confidence. Dr Howgego describes and analyses the main contribution.

Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions
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ISBN: 0520238818 0520244834 9786612358128 052093878X 128235812X 1597344575 9780520938786 9780520238817 9780520244832 9781597344579 9780520238817 9781282358126 6612358122 Year: 2003 Volume: 44 Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press

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To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance-how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies-is the subject of Frank L. Holt's absorbing book. Solid evidence for the "supernaturalized" Alexander lies in a rare series of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the Battle of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts have long animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt's book, the first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king's own psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania.

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Coins, Greek. --- Coins, Ancient. --- Elephants in numismatics. --- Ancient coins --- Antieke munten --- Coins [Ancient ] --- Coins [Greek ] --- Elephants in numismatics --- Eléphants dans la numismatique --- Greek coins --- Monnaies -- Antiquité --- Monnaies antiques --- Monnaies de l'Antiquité --- Monnaies grecques --- Munten [Antieke ] --- Munten [Griekse ] --- Munten van de oudheid --- Numismatiek [Olifanten in de ] --- Numismatique [Eléphants dans la ] --- Olifanten in de numismatiek --- Alexander, --- Numismatics. --- Elephant (in numismatics) --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Numismatics --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Coins, Ancient --- Coins, Greek --- Alexander the Great --- Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356-323 B.C. -- Numismatics.. --- Coins, Ancient.. --- Coins, Greek.. --- afghanistan. --- alexander the great. --- ancient history. --- ancient medallions. --- battle of the hydaspes river. --- biographical. --- biography. --- conquests. --- discussion books. --- elephant medallions. --- european history. --- hellenistic culture. --- hellenistic period. --- hellenistic society. --- historians. --- historical perspective. --- india. --- iraq. --- megalomania. --- myths and legends. --- nonfiction. --- numismatics. --- popular history. --- rajah porus. --- retrospective. --- supernatural success. --- theology of war. --- war. --- warfare.

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