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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 4579194, member: 93416&quot;]Just found this new book - at GBP 120 I will not be investing in a copy - but if anyone has access I would be pleased to get thoughts (it claims to cover Chinese, Seleucid, Roman and Dutch monetary matters !!!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Money-Currency-and-Crisis-In-Search-of-Trust-2000-BC-to-AD-2000/Spek-Leeuwen/p/book/9781138628359" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.routledge.com/Money-Currency-and-Crisis-In-Search-of-Trust-2000-BC-to-AD-2000/Spek-Leeuwen/p/book/9781138628359" rel="nofollow">https://www.routledge.com/Money-Currency-and-Crisis-In-Search-of-Trust-2000-BC-to-AD-2000/Spek-Leeuwen/p/book/9781138628359</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Specific to this thread however note that above I criticised Butcher for giving us &#039;theoretical&#039; silver weight (rather than raw weight and fineness data)</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are the summary contents.&nbsp; Noting that the medievalist Mayhew immediately follows the Romanist Butcher - I wonder why&nbsp;&nbsp; Mayhew includes a section:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Conversion to silver weight unnecessary&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chapter 8. Kevin Butcher,</p><p><br /></p><p>Monetary Policy in the Roman Empire (165-184)</p><p><br /></p><p>Introduction</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman conceptions of money and coinage</p><p><br /></p><p>Inflation</p><p><br /></p><p>The character of the coinage</p><p><br /></p><p>Debasement and stability</p><p><br /></p><p>Conclusion</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>Chapter 9. Nick Mayhew,</p><p><br /></p><p>Money in England from the middle ages to the nineteenth century (pp. 185-205)</p><p><br /></p><p>Introduction&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nominalism</p><p><br /></p><p>Actual and theoretical intrinsic content of currency</p><p><br /></p><p>The variable value of silver </p><p><br /></p><p>Conversion to silver weight unnecessary</p><p><br /></p><p>Primacy of the underlying data&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nominal price and wage data in Strasbourg and China Monetary policy</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional note[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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