Very Old Money

Very Old Money

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Very Old Money episodes

  • 2.4 (5) - I am the badge of Phanes
    The Phanes coins are the first coins with Greek inscriptions. The Greek alphabet itself was adapted from the Phoenician Alphabet after the Greek Dark Ages. This episode takes a look at the emergence of the Greek script and the coins of Phanes. Five of the seven denominations of this coinage are depicted in the cover art.

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    17 min
  • 2.3 - (4) The first Ionian coins
    It is almost a century since the disastrous end of the Greco-Turkish War ended the almost three millennia of Greek presence in Western Asia Minor. The Greek cities of the region played a pivotal role in shaping Greek culture and Western Philosophy. They were also along with the Lydians candidates for minting the first coins.

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    18 min
  • 2.2-(3) He shall destroy a mighty empire

    A new power rises in the Middle East. The Persians under Cyrus the great are on the move, taking Media and Babylonia.


    In Lydia, Croesus has succeeded his father Alyattes and issues the first gold and silver coinage. Comforted the advice of the Oracle of Delphi, he decides to crush the Persian upstart once and for all.


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    19 min
  • (2) Lydia

    The first western coinage is generally attributed to the Kingdom of Lydia in Anatolia. The Greek cities of Ionia are another contender and started minting coins at the same time or soon after. However, the electrum deposits used to make these first coins were within Lydia, making them the likely first issuers of coinage.


    The episode looks at the rise of the Lydian Kingdom after the fall of the Hittites and the Kingdom of Phrygia and ends with the balance of power on the death of Alyattes.


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    21 min
  • Introduction
    An introductory episode to discuss the evolution of money, what this show will cover and what it will not.

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    13 min

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This podcast looks at stories of history using money (coins, paper money, proto money) as a guide. The podcast will also review historical films that happen to cover some of the stories of the…