Mining, Money and Economy

Update: 2014-04-15

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Athens was a wealthy and prosperous place in the classical period. In this lecture Dr Gillian Shepherd takes a closer look at the Athenian economy by examining the nature of coinage in ancient Greece and one major source of Athenian wealth – the silver mines of Laurion, which provided the famous “Owl” coins of Athens.

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Mining, Money and Economy

Dr Gillian Shepherd

Mining, Money and Economy