Coins are our principal source to elucidate both the pattern of trade between Sri Lanka and the western world in late antiquity and the island's monetary and economic history of this period. Of the specimens discovered in Sri Lankan soil only two sorts were of significance: Indian silver punch-marked coins and their imitations were used as an all purpose money or general currency, whereas Late Roman "chicken feed copper" coins and their imitations functioned as special purpose money for essentially monastic purposes.The study first and foremost critically compiles, annotates and publishes - partly for the first time - the finds of Late Roman coins, ancient Indian and local coins and coin-like objects discovered in Sri Lanka from 1584 to 2005. This compilation is supplemented by a list of hoards of mediaeval Sinhalese and Chinese hoards and rounded off by a digest of findings of Late Roman coins in India.
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"We may con gratulate the author for his decision to inlcude all Western coins instead of restricting his presentation to the Roman issues as was done by most of his predecessors. [...] An important part of the work is the detailed, annotated catalogue, including Roman and Indian punch-marked coins and the Naimana imitations with a full account of the finding circumstances (if known) and publishing details. [...] The detailed analysis of the historical implications of the material presented takes more than 50 pages and offers a full reconstruction of the eastern trade in Late Antiquity, including an impressive quantity of textual evidence from the 4th to the 7th centuries." Klaus Karttunen, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 2017; 122(2): 177-183 "Die Arbeit W.[alburg]s, die nunmehr als Ausgangspunkt fur die Betrachtung des Handels zwischen der mediterranen Welt und Indien in der Spatantike zu gelten hat, besticht nicht nur durch die eindringliche Analyse des numismatischen Befunds in seiner Aussagekraft fur die Wirtschaftsgeschichte. W. bezieht in seine Diskussionen stets alle Uberlieferungszweige mit ein und beschrankt seinen Blick nicht auf Sri Lanka, sondern betrachtet den dortigen Munzbefund im Zusammenhang mit demjenigen Sudindiens. Dies hat in der numismatischen Forschung zu dem Raum keineswegs als Selbstverstandlichkeit zu gelten (...). Besonderes Interesse verdienen W.s Beobachtungen in bezug auf die Strukturen des Handels, die direkte Kontakte zwischen Sri Lanka und der mediterranen Welt ausschliessen, wie auch seine Beobachtungen zur Geldgeschichte in Sri Lanka selbst. W. hat das sich selbst gesteckte Ziel, eine Basis fur eine Betrachtung der Geldgeschichte der Insel zu legen, mehr als erfullt. Seine Arbeit stellt nicht nur einen Referenzpunkt zukunftiger Forschungen dar, sondern liefert einen grundlegenden Beitrag fur das Gesamtbild der faszinierenden Welt der Wirtschafts- und Kulturkontakte zwischen der mediterranen Welt und Indien." Kai Ruffing, Klio. 92 (2010) 2. S. 555-556. "Insgesamt hat Walburg mit der vorliegenden Monographie eine umfassende und vor allem kritische Materialvorlage der antiken Fundmunzen auf Sri Lanka publiziert, die im analytischen Teil durch anregende geld- und wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Uberlegungen erganzt wird. Es ist zu erwarten, dass "Coins and Tokens from Ancient Ceylon" zum Standardwerk wird, auf dessen solider Basis weitere Fundberichte und wirtschaftshistorische Studien aufbauen konnen." Hermann Niedermayr, Marburger Beitrage zur antiken Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte. 27 (2009). S. 200-206
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