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Overview"Within a few months of assuming the position of curator of medieval coins at the American Numismatic Society in 1980, Alan M. Stahl was presented with a plastic bag containing a hoard of 5000 recently discovered coins, most of which turned out to be from medieval Venice. The course of study of that hoard (and a later one containing more than 14,000 coins) led him to the Venetian archives, where he examined thousands of unpublished manuscripts. To provide an even more accurate account of how the Zecca mint operated in Venice in the 13th through 15th centuries, Stahl commissioned scientific analyses of the coins using a variety of modern techniques, uncovering information about their content and how they had been manufactured. This is the resulting book, examining the workings of a pre-modern mint using extensive research in original documents as well as detailed study of the coins themselves. The first of the book's three sections traces the coinage of Venice from its origins in the 9th century as a minor, and unofficial, regional Italian coinage to its position at the dawn of the Renaissance as the dominant currency of Mediterranean trade. The second section, entitled ""The Mint in the Life of Medieval Venice"", illustrates the mechanisms of the control of bullion and the strategies for mint profit and explores the mint's role in Venetian trade and the emergence of a bureaucratized government. The third section, ""Within the Mint"", examines the physical operations that transformed raw bullion into coins and identifies the personnel of the mint, situating the holders of each position in the context of their social and professional backgrounds. Illustrated with photos of Venetian coinage from the world's major collections,"" Zecca"" also includes a listing of all holders of offices related to the medieval Venetian mint and summaries of all major finds of medieval Venetian coins." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alan M. Stahl (Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University Library)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.765kg ISBN: 9780801863837ISBN 10: 080186383 Pages: 520 Publication Date: 20 April 2001 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews<p>One of the very best monographs in numismatic and monetary history, and certainly in numismatics, that I have ever read. Along with being exceptionally well researched and documented, the book is also very well written, and indeed a pleasure to read.--John Munro Medieval Prosopography (01/01/2002) <p> Stahl's very intelligent organization allows one to dip into this nearly encyclopedic work for material on a wide range of matters in economic, social, political and numismatic history. His command of secondary studies allows for a reliable synthesis of these, while his extensive archival research provides him both a critical stance and ample matierial for exploring his own interests. -- Joseph P. Byrne, Renaissance Quarterly Author InformationAlan M. Stahl served for twenty years as the curator of medieval coins for the American Numismatic Society, and is currently a visiting professor in the department of history at the University of Michigan. His previous books include The Merovingian Coinage of the Region of Metz and The Venetian Tornesello: A Medieval Colonial Coinage. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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