This book is the first comprehensive study of the monetary history of
one of the major coin-producing states of the Hellenistic and Roman
Aegean. It analyzes the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman coinages of
the Cycladic island of Paros. It presents a die study of all known
silver and bronze issues, and argues that Paros and its neighbor Naxos
minted in the Hellenistic Period not on the Rhodian standard as has
sometimes been thought, but on their own distinct standard: the 'island
standard'. All coin types are fully described, and die varieties are
illustrated in 27 plates.