Book contents
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Fashioning a Kingdom
- Part II Measuring a Kingdom
- Four Seeing the Hieronian State
- Five Standards and the State
- Six Monumental Granaries
- Seven The Hieronian Mint
- Eight Institutions and Markets in Hieronian Sicily
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Seven - The Hieronian Mint
from Part II - Measuring a Kingdom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2024
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Fashioning a Kingdom
- Part II Measuring a Kingdom
- Four Seeing the Hieronian State
- Five Standards and the State
- Six Monumental Granaries
- Seven The Hieronian Mint
- Eight Institutions and Markets in Hieronian Sicily
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 examines the ways in which coinage was employed by Hieron to bolster his rule. The chapter begins with an introductory survey of the coins struck by the royal mint over the course of Hieron’s reign. It then addresses how variations in the style and types of coins struck at different points in his reign elucidate how Hieron employed coinage to promote an ideology of legitimate kingship and the orderly succession of power.
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- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean WorldEconomy and Administration during the Reign of Hieron II, pp. 244 - 295Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024