Professional paper

The Coin and the Shell

Domenico Duca orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-8384 ; Societas numismatica croatica, Societas numismatica Jadertina, Zadar, CRO

Abstract

The author shows the links between the shell trade and the development of early medieval numismatics. He substantiates his views with examples and pictures of coins made on the basis of the appearance of shells. He finds links between the beliefs and memories of people about what the shell meant in their lives.

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Hrčak ID:

190272

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/190272

Publication date:

30.11.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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