Bronze issue of a Roman Quaestor in Macedonia. Mid 2nd cent. BCE

The Transition from the Greek to the Roman Monetary System

Sophia Kremydi

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Sophia KremydiResearch Director

A series of studies examining the transition from the monetary system of the Greek world to that of the Roman world—considering both the introduction of the Roman denarius into the Greek world and the indirect interventions of the Romans in the coin production of the Greek cities.

  • Participation in Carbone et al., Local Coinages in the Roman World, Second Century BC – First Century AD. A Catalogue of the Richard B. Witchonke Collection of Coins in the Early Roman Provinces, 2 vols. (New York 2024) 183-196, pls. 94-109.
  • S. Kremydi, “Overstrikes of Macedonian Bronzes under Roman Domination: The Contribution of the RBW collection”, RBN 170 (2024) 339-353.
  • S. Kremydi, “From the Antigonids to the Romans: Macedonia and Thessaly in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC”, in R. Ashton, N. Badoud (eds.), Graecia Capta? Rome et les monnayages du monde égéen (IIe-Ier s. av. J.-C.), Aegeum 1 (Basel 2021) 81-98.
  • M. Amandry, S. Kremydi, “La pénétration du denier en Macédoine et la circulation de la monnaie locale en bronze (iie siècle av. J.-Chr. – iie siècle après J. Chr.)”, in J. Fournier, M.-G. Parissaki (éds), Les communautés du nord égéen au temps de l’hégémonie romaine. Entre ruptures et continuités, Μελετήματα 77 (Athènes 2018) 79-116.

  • Recent participation in L. Carbone et al., Local Coinages in the Roman World, Second Century BC – First Century AD. A Catalogue of the Richard B. Witchonke Collection of Coins in the Early Roman Provinces, 2 vols. (New York 2024).
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Main page image: Bronze issue of a Roman Quaestor in Macedonia. Mid 2nd cent. BCE / American Numismatic Society, New York. RBW collection