Objets monétaires dans l'Antiquité et le Moyen Âge

Bruxelles: Centre d’Études Numismatiques (Travaux CEN 22) 2021

208 pages ; couleurs ; en langue anglaise

Tokens, Value and Identity' aims to better define the multiple roles played by tokens in antiquity and the medieval period. More specifically, it seeks to improve our understanding of the relationship between tokens, value and identity by highlighting the frequently unnoticed work performed by these everyday objects. The continued use of tokens in multiple societies across time (persisting even today in the digital age) suggests that the role played by these artefacts is fundamental to human society. The volume collects selected contributions which arise from the international workshop held at the British School at Rome (18-19 October 2018). Each piece of work presents a case study on tokens providing fresh perspectives and multidisciplinary approaches at the intersection of numismatics, archaeology, history and museum studies.