At the end of the 4th century BC, the monetary policy pursued by Ptolemy I caused a radical change in the circulation of Egyptian coins. The flow of these coins to the eastern Mediterranean areas was interrupted within a few years. As archaeological finds testify, in Egypt and its provinces the closed currency system was hermetic, so that from the third decade of the 3rd century BC no 'foreign' money entered Egypt. As archaeological discoveries testify, the closure of the currency system was hermetic: from the third decade of the 3rd century BC no 'foreign' coins entered Egypt anymore. However, finds of Egyptian coinage in non-Ptolemaic territories show a limited outflow of currency from the borders of the Lagid kingdom.
Alla fine del IV secolo a.C., le scelte in ambito di politica monetaria perseguite da Tolemeo I causarono una profonda cesura nella circolazione delle serie egiziane. I flussi di queste monete verso le aree del Mediterraneo orientale si interruppero nel giro di alcuni anni. Come testimoniano le scoperte archeologiche nei territori sottoposti all’autorità tolemaica, la chiusura del mercato monetario interno fu ermetica e almeno dal terzo decennio del III secolo a.C. nessuna moneta “straniera” entrò più in Egitto. Tuttavia, i rinvenimenti di moneta egiziana nei territori extra-tolemaici mostrano una limitata fuoriuscita di moneta dai confini del regno lagide.
Monete tolemaiche oltre l'Egitto / A. Cavagna. - Milano : Cisalpino Editore, 2015. - ISBN 9788820510725. (ACTA ET STUDIA)
Monete tolemaiche oltre l'Egitto
A. Cavagna
2015
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At the end of the 4th century BC, the monetary policy pursued by Ptolemy I caused a radical change in the circulation of Egyptian coins. The flow of these coins to the eastern Mediterranean areas was interrupted within a few years. As archaeological finds testify, in Egypt and its provinces the closed currency system was hermetic, so that from the third decade of the 3rd century BC no 'foreign' money entered Egypt. As archaeological discoveries testify, the closure of the currency system was hermetic: from the third decade of the 3rd century BC no 'foreign' coins entered Egypt anymore. However, finds of Egyptian coinage in non-Ptolemaic territories show a limited outflow of currency from the borders of the Lagid kingdom.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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