Coinages in the Achaemenid Empire
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- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2026
Summary
The Achaemenid Empire was huge and the material available for studying it is disparate. The coinages produced in the empire offer distinctive perspectives and provide insights into crucial questions about how the empire was organised and administered. The numismatic evidence is particularly important due to its first hand, contemporary nature: it speaks to us directly, not through the prism of later accounts.
Keith Rutter, an international specialist in numismatics, provides us with t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474492713 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474492711 |
| Author: | Keith Rutter |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia |
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Critics Review
Keith Rutter has left us a comprehensive and detailed account of the coinage produced within the Achaemenid Empire, not just the ‘royal’ coinage, but also the numerous and diverse issues by other authorities. Scholarly and measured, yet readable, his explorations into this complex project add a weighty addition to his legacy. – Ian Carradice, University of St Andrews
Academic study of coinage in the Persian Empire has a long history, but Keith Rutter’s book is without true precedent. Its comprehensive coverage, lucidity of exposition, consistency of vision and soundness of judgement will be of extraordinary value to anyone confronting the substantively and conceptually complicated world of Achaemenid numismatics. – Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool
About The Author
Keith Rutter
Keith Rutter (1939 – 2024) was Honorary Fellow & Professor Emeritus in Classics at the University of Edinburgh.
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