Tokens
Cultures, Connections, Communities
Published on 30. December 2019
Book
Hardback
241 pages
978-0-901405-35-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is the first dedicated to the analysis of tokens ranging from the Neolithic until the modern age. The volume discusses tokens from different periods in detail, addressing the makers, users, types and contexts of these objects. Unpublished material is presented in several of the contributions. This comparative approach reveals the recurring characteristics of tokens across time, as well as their importance to human society.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
206
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 212 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-901405-35-7 (9780901405357)
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Persons
Antonino Crisa is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Ghent University in Belgium, whose research focuses on the history of archaeology, particularly in Sicily. Mairi Gkikaki is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Warwick (UK), with a research project on the tokens of Athens. Clare Rowan is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick (UK), who works on Roman history, coins and tokens.
Content
Introduction by Antonino Crisa, Mairi Gkikaki & Clare Rowan
The Invention of Tokens by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Some Notes on Athenian Bronze Tokens and Bronze Coinage in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC by Kenneth A. Sheedy
Tokens Inside and Outside Excavation Contexts: Seeking the Origin. Examples of Clay Tokens from the Collections of the Athens Numismatic Museum by Stamatoula Makrypodi
The Armour Tokens from the Athenian Agora by Martin Schafer
A Rare Clay Token in Context: A Fortunate and Recorded Discovery from the Necropolis of Tindari (Messina, 1896) by Antonino Crisa
Roman tesserae with Numerals: Some Thoughts on Iconography and Purpose by Alexa Kuter
Lead Token Moulds from Rome and Ostia by Clare Rowan
Tokens of Antinous from the Roman Province of Egypt by Denise Wilding
Tokens in the Athenian Agora in the Third Century AD: Advertising Prestige and Civic Identity in Roman Athens by Mairi Gkikaki
Using and Reusing Tokens: Some Remarks About Christian Graffiti on Contorniates by Cristian Mondello
The Holme Cultram Abbey Series: English Medieval Tokens and a Cistercian Use Case by Kate Rennicks
How Royal Tokens Constituted an Art Medium that Participated in the Monarchical System Between 1610 and 1661 by Sabrina Valin
For Change and Charity: Identifying the Motivations and Characteristics of Issuers of Tokens in the British Isles in the Mid-Seventeenth Century by Laura Burnett
'Success to the Seventeen United Bright Stars': The Spithead Mutiny of 1797 Recorded on a Sailor's Love Token by Bridget Millmore
The Politics of Token Economics, Then and Now by Bill Maurer
Index
The Invention of Tokens by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Some Notes on Athenian Bronze Tokens and Bronze Coinage in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC by Kenneth A. Sheedy
Tokens Inside and Outside Excavation Contexts: Seeking the Origin. Examples of Clay Tokens from the Collections of the Athens Numismatic Museum by Stamatoula Makrypodi
The Armour Tokens from the Athenian Agora by Martin Schafer
A Rare Clay Token in Context: A Fortunate and Recorded Discovery from the Necropolis of Tindari (Messina, 1896) by Antonino Crisa
Roman tesserae with Numerals: Some Thoughts on Iconography and Purpose by Alexa Kuter
Lead Token Moulds from Rome and Ostia by Clare Rowan
Tokens of Antinous from the Roman Province of Egypt by Denise Wilding
Tokens in the Athenian Agora in the Third Century AD: Advertising Prestige and Civic Identity in Roman Athens by Mairi Gkikaki
Using and Reusing Tokens: Some Remarks About Christian Graffiti on Contorniates by Cristian Mondello
The Holme Cultram Abbey Series: English Medieval Tokens and a Cistercian Use Case by Kate Rennicks
How Royal Tokens Constituted an Art Medium that Participated in the Monarchical System Between 1610 and 1661 by Sabrina Valin
For Change and Charity: Identifying the Motivations and Characteristics of Issuers of Tokens in the British Isles in the Mid-Seventeenth Century by Laura Burnett
'Success to the Seventeen United Bright Stars': The Spithead Mutiny of 1797 Recorded on a Sailor's Love Token by Bridget Millmore
The Politics of Token Economics, Then and Now by Bill Maurer
Index