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Ritualizing the Use of Coins in Ancient Greek Sanctuaries

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Abstract

The article explores aspects of the monetization of the Greek sanctuaries, more specifically how space was created to accommodate coins as objects and their use within the sacred sphere. Except in a limited number of cases, our understanding is still quite fragmented. Where most research has focused on analyzing the coin material or the epigraphic evidence, the intention here is to look more widely at the archaeological evidence connected with coins and coin-related material. This is done in an attempt to appreciate the significance of the progressing monetization and ritualization of the use of coins and in extension to develop an understanding of the possible changes in human behavior in the sanctuaries based on this evidence.

Acknowledgment

I would like to thank G. Davis, P. Pedersen and the anonymous reviewer of JAH for thorough reading and valuable comments.

Funding

This article was written in the course of the Hertha Firnberg Project: Sanctuaries as Monetary Centres in the Ancient Greek World (T 673), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

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