The Power of Money: Coinage and Politics in the Athenian Empire
Was Athens an imperialistic state, deserving all the reputation for exploitation that adjective can imply, or was the Athenian alliance, even at its most unequal, still characterized by a convergence of interests?\ The Power of Money explores monetary and metrological policy at Athens as a way of discerning the character of Athenian hegemony in midfifth-century Greece. It begins with the Athenian Coinage Decree, which, after decades of scholarly attention, still presents unresolved questions...
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"The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."—Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College
List of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Genesis and Organization1Pt. INumismatic Evidence for Monetary PolicyCh. 1Numismatic Basics and Hoard Evidence21Ch. 2Curtailment of Allied Minting49Ch. 3Electrum Mints92Ch. 4Mints in Continuous Operation110Ch. 5The Mints of the Autonomous Allies150Ch. 6Was Minting Silver Ever Prohibited?175Ch. 7The Attic Mint and Monetary Output180Pt. IILiterary Evidence for Monetary PolicyCh. 8The Literary Evidence201Pt. IIIMonetary Policy in Historical ContextCh. 9Contexts for Monetary Policy219Ch. 10Tribute and Monetary Policy259Ch. 11Metrological Consolidation296Pt. IVEpigraphical Evidence for Monetary PolicyCh. 12The Coinage Decree: Part I319Ch. 13The Coinage Decree: Part II353Ch. 14The Coinage Decree: Part III380Ch. 15The Coinage Decree: Part IV and Conclusion411Ch. 16IG I[superscript 3] 90 and the Monetary Legislation424Ch. 17The Dating and the Inscription of the Coinage Decree431Pt. VSynthesisCh. 18Monetary Integration469Ch. 19Hegemony and Monetary Disintegration: The Home Front496Ch. 20Imitations of Attic Coins528Ch. 21The Coinage Law of 375/4536Ch. 22Final Thoughts: Hegemony and Monetary Policy548AppAthenian Allies: Coinage and Tribute563Select Bibliography599Index Locorum609General Index617
\ From the Publisher"This superb work belongs in the libraries of all universities. Essential."—Choice\ "The Power of Money is a brilliant and highly original piece of scholarship on a group of inscriptions about which much has been written and whose interpretation is crucial for our understanding of the way in which Athens ruled her empire."—Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College\ "Thomas Figueira's work on Athenian monetary policy is not only solid, thorough, and meticulously reasoned but also new and original in its conception. It will be a basic text for all concerned with the Athenian empire and its economy well into the new century."—Mabel L. Lang, Bryn Mawr College\ "The Power of Money is potentially the most significant work on the Athenian Empire written in many years. . . . Quite simply, the current understanding of Athens' economic relations with her allies will have to be totally reconsidered as a result of Figueira's work."—Stanley Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles\ "The Power of Money is a major contribution to the scholarship of classical Greece. . . . It will be cited and used with approval in all serious future acounts of fifth-century political history. It will also occupy an important place in the scholarship on ancient coinage and economics. It is masterful scholarship all around, on both the technical and conceptual levels."—John H. Kroll, The University of Texas\ "A work of immense learning."—Harold B. Mattingly, American Journal of Archaeology\ \ \
