M nk o a f a u B l b s a n e i a u 2015 m MONEY AND BANKING IN ALBANIA, FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES First Conference of the Museum of the Bank of Albania Proceedings 14-15 June 2017 2 Published by: © Bank of Albania Address: Sheshi “Skënderbej”, Nr.1, Tirana, Albania Tel.: + 355 4 2419301/2/3; + 355 4 2419401/2/3 Fax: + 355 4 2419408 E-mail:
[email protected] Printed in: 200 copies ISBN: 978-9928-262-09-7 Data from this publication may be used, provided the source is acknowledged. The views expressed in the presentations to BoA’s conference on “Money and Banking in Albania: From Antiquity to Modern Times” are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Bank of Albania. MONEY AND BANKING IN ALBANIA, FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES - I-st Conference of the Museum of the Bank of Albania 3 CONTENTS OPENING ADDRESS 7 Gent Sejko, Governor, Bank of Albania THE BEGINNING OF COINAGE IN ILLYRIA AND THE TRADE BETWEEN ILLYRIANS AND GREEKS 11 Keynote speaker: Prof. Olivier Picard, former Director of the French Archaeological School at Athens, Professor at the Sorbonne University, Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (Institute of France) SESSION I ANCIENT CIVILISATION AND MONEY AS A MEANS OF EXCHANGE, AT THE FOCUS OF THE ALBANIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES 19 Session Chair: Prof. Olivier Picard, former Director of the French Archaeological School at Athens, Professor at the Sorbonne University, Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (Institute of France) FROM BARTER ECONOMY TO COINAGE 21 Dr.