Description
The best sources for understanding Hellenistic Bactria are archaeological, they usually include a magnificent trove of coins. Along with giving a history of Bactria, Thundering Zeus provides a catalog of these coins, in addition to an introduction to the study of numismatics itself. Holt presents this fascinating material with the precision and acuity of a specialist and with the delight of an admirer, providing an up-to-date full catalog of known Diodotid coinage, and illustrating twenty-three coins.
This succinct, vigorous narrative thunders across the history of Hellenistic Bactria, exhuming coins, kingdoms, and customs as it goes. The result is a book that may be both a history and a history of discovery, with much to supply those interested in ancient texts, archaeology, and coins.