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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nerva, post: 2768209, member: 87761&quot;]This short and lively book is a pleasure to read. It&#039;s not about coins, directly. It&#039;s about what coins tell us about the Hellenistic world, and how they can be used as primary sources. The themes are rather insistently contemporary to our world - or rather to Thonemann&#039;s academic milieu. The first two sections are on &#039;globalization&#039; and &#039;identity&#039;, and I think he insufficiently emphasises what was different about the ancient world, hewing to close to current fashions of academic study. I would emphasise more clan and kinship rather than nation and kingship. But overall I found it excellent. A quick read, well illustrated, gives a sold background and introduction to key themes and busts a few myths along the way. Anyone else read it?</p><p>[ATTACH]637814[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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