Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agara

Fred S. Kleiner

ASCSA, 1975 - Antiques & Collectibles - 32 pages

Over 75,000 coins have been found during excavations at the Agora, many minted in the city but others brought from Athens's far-flung commercial contacts. In addition to the mostly bronze and copper coins themselves, a building that may have served as the Athenian mint is described in this booklet. After describing the physical techniques of production, the author takes a chronological approach and includes numerous black and white photographs, making this concise guide a useful aid to the identification of lower-value Greek and Roman coinage.

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About the author

Fred S. Kleiner (Ph.D., Columbia University) is the author or co-author of the 1st and 2nd editions of Art through the Ages: A Concise History, as well as the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th editions of Art through the Ages: A Global History, and more than a hundred publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture, including A History of Roman Art, also published by Wadsworth. He has taught the art history survey course for more than three decades, first at the University of Virginia and, since 1978, at Boston University, where he is currently Professor of Art History and Archaeology and Chair of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. From 1985 to 1998, he was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Long acclaimed for his inspiring lectures and devotion to students, Professor Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching as well as the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities in 2002, and he is a two-time winner of the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and, in 2009, in recognition of lifetime achievement in publication and teaching, a Fellow of the Text and Academic Authors Association.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agara; Issue 15 of Agora Picture Book Series; Volume 15 of Excavations of the Athenian Agora. no. 15: Picture book; Issue 15 of Greek and Roman coins in the Athenian Agora, American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Volume 15 of Picture book], [Excavations of the Athenian agora
• Author: Fred S. Kleiner
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ASCSA, 1975
• ISBN: 0876616155, 9780876616154
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles / Coins, Currency & Medals