Monnaies & Merveilles. Gréco-romain This is most often due

This is most often due to new readings of texts (and inscriptions) and to the spectacular progress of archaeology

Using the form of a private law will

Thierry Dufrêne est professeur d'histoire de l'art contemporain à l'université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

mais aussi par la peinture ou les gravures sur des parois rocheuses du désert

To restore his honor

Monnaies & Merveilles. Gréco-romain This is most often dueFeather rolls, pearls and shells, jewelry cast in gold or bronze An infinite variety of forms of currency have been invented by men to materialize commercial transactions, express rank and wealth, and forge links with the forces of the visible and invisible worlds. Published on the occasion of the Monnaies & Merveilles exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris, this book offers a discovery of these objects of exchange through the intersecting perspectives of