Numismatics Archive
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The Early Seleucids, their gods and their coins
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis explains how the Seleucid kings used the representations of divine and semi- divine beings on their coinage as a tool for creating and legitimising royal authority during the most stable period of their rule (Seleucus I to Antiochus III: 312/1 -
Livia the Poisoner: Genesis of an Historical Myth
Posted on May 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe figure of Livia preserved by Roman literary tradition is fraught with ambiguity: on the one hand, she embodies the virtues that made the women of ancient Rome exemplary, to the point that even her most virulent detractors could not help acknowledging her chastity, prudence, wisdom, and loyalty to her husband -
Coin hoards speak of population declines in Ancient Rome
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsDepending on who was counted in the early Imperial censuses (adult males or the entire citizenry including women and minors), the Roman citizen population of Italy either declined, or more than doubled, during the ?rst century BCE. -
Coinage and Sulla’s Retirement
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsSulla's retirement into private life in 79 BC has provoked numerous explanations, including illness, apathy towards Rome's future and the intended act as a result of the completion of his work. -
Ancient Greek coin collection sells for $25 million
Posted on January 7, 2012 | No CommentsA world record was set at an auction earlier this week, when an ancient Greek coin was bought for more than $3.25 million. The entire collection of 642 ancient coins was sold off for approximately $25 million through New York-based -
Relations between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of Coin Finds
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsAnd so, during a period of well developed exchange between the Roman Empire and the Barbaricum, coinciding with the Golden Age and the House of Antonine, Roman coins started to flow more intensively in the reign of the last two Antonine emperors. -
Roman coin hoards discovered in Shropshire and Worcestershire
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No CommentsBritain's Portable Antiquities Scheme announced this week details about two recent discoveries of Roman coin hoards -
A Comparative Study of Numismatic Evidence from Excavations in Jerusalem
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsA Comparative Study of Numismatic Evidence from Excavations in Jerusalem By Haim Gitler Liber Annuus, Vol. 46 (1996) Abstract: -
Roman Gold and Hun Kings: the use and hoarding of solidi in the late fourth and fifth centuries
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsRoman Gold and Hun Kings: the use and hoarding of solidi in the late fourth and fifth centuries By Peter Guest Roman Coins Outside the Empire: Ways and Phases, Contexts... -
Financing the Peloponnesian War: the Peloponnesian perspective
Posted on September 4, 2011 | No CommentsFinancing the Peloponnesian War: the Peloponnesian perspective By Jennifer Warren Proceedings of the 13th International Numismatic Congress (2005) Introduction:
