Bryan Ward-Perkins Quotes

The almost total disappearance of coinage from daily use in the post-Roman West is further powerful evidence of a remarkable change in levels of economic sophistication.

Bryan Ward-Perkins

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• The almost total disappearance of coinage from daily use in the post-Roman West is further powerful evidence of a remarkable change in levels of economic sophistication.

  

  Bryan Ward-Perkins
  • Coinage
  • Post-Roman West
  • Economic sophistication