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Last Friday, the book, 'Coins of Cartagena' was presented in the Assembly Hall of the Roman Theater Museum of Cartagena.
In the act participated the councilor of the Area of ​​Culture and Archaeological Heritage, Ricardo Segado, and the author of the book, José María Conesa.
In addition, they were accompanied in the presentation by the official chroniclers of the city Juan Ignacio Ferrández and Luis Miguel Pérez Adán.
The book, with a prologue by one of the chroniclers of Cartagena, the historian Luis Miguel Pérez Adán, compiles throughout its ten chapters the different coinage related to the History of Cartagena, from the Carthaginian coinage through the civic emissions of Roman times of the mint of Carthago Nova, as well as the Byzantine coins, the cantonal currency, the paper currency in the civil war until a final section of medals.
The work is illustrated by more than 400 images.
Throughout its 180 pages the reader is introduced to a study of the coin through the history of Cartagena, with more than 288 cataloged pieces.
The coins are a historical document of first category, since they inform about a specific society, they are also text by the written legend, and visual source, by the images that the document contains.
The legend symbolizes its legal value, represented by the person or entity that prints its name and titles.
The represented image gives the coin an important iconographic value, and becomes an effective instrument of propaganda.
The weight of the metal and its law condition the intrinsic value of the currency, and therefore offers economic and commercial data of maximum interest.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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