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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Lessons from ancient GREEK coinage

THE GREEK word for money, chrema, carries a significance its English translation cannot fully convey. “It means 'to need' and 'to use' together,” explains Nicholas Stampolidis, director of the Museum of Cycladic Art (MoCA) during a recent visit to the museum's latest exhibition, “Money: Tangible Symbols ...


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