Tracking liquid savings at Pompeii: the coin hoard data

Autor: Kim Bowes
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Roman Archaeology. 35:194-220
ISSN: 2331-5709
1047-7594
DOI: 10.1017/s1047759422000162
Popis: This article examines the newly published data on coin hoards from Pompeii, focusing on coins and other objects found on victims, and hoards from so-called savings boxes. Most of the work on savings or capital in the Roman world has focused on the size and composition of elite fortunes and the nature and extent of credit and monetization writ large. The article uses the Pompeii coin data set to examine the extent and nature of liquid savings held by a broader section of the population, including a substantial portion of non-elites. In doing so, it also makes some suggestions about the socioeconomic identity of those who failed to escape the town during the eruption.
Databáze: OpenAIRE