This is a catalogue of the exhibition (18 December 2007 - 9 March 2008 ) which displays coins dating from antiquity to the middle ages from the State Hermitage Museum collection. It shows items which enable the visitor to trace the main stages of religious development of the Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, detailed in the types of coins, and the choice of gods or patron saints. Numismatic material is complemented with items of applied or fine art from ancient and mediaeval times, which demonstrate the similarities of iconographic features and the link between depictions on coins with famous and respected sculptures, icons and mosaics.

Text in Russian, Summary in English.
St Petersburg, 2007.
304 pages, color illus.;
paperback.
9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. (24.5 x 17 cm).

ISBN 978-5-93572-304-0