Roman monetary history has tended to focus on the study of Roman
coinage but other assets regularly functioned as, or in place
of, money. This book places coinage in its broader monetary
context by also examining the role of bullion, financial
instruments, and commodities such as grain and wine in making
payments, facilitating exchange, measuring value and storing
wealth. The use of such assets reduced the demand for coinage in
some sectors of the economy and is a crucial factor in
determining the impact of the large increase in the coin supply
during the last century of the Republic. Money demand theory
suggests that increased coin production led to further
monetization, not per capita economic growth. Money in the Late
Roman Republic David B. Hollander Like coinage, bullion,
financial instruments and a variety of commodities played an
important role in Rome's monetary system. This book examines how
the availability of such assets affected the demand for coinage
and the development of the late Republican eco