Part I: Money, Money, Money

An introduction on commerce and
the conceptualization of exchange value ~
writers, Guiang and Flynn-Mulholland; editor, Nayir

Money—in all forms—signifies value as it is exchanged for everyday items across empires and thus, disseminates symbols. In Ancient Rome, the emperor’s portrait adorned the front of coins, while the other side was relegated to personified values, including their gods. Roman coinage was pervasive geopolitically and temporally, transferring ideas into unfamiliar spaces…