Numismatics Archive
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Valuing the Numismatic Legacy of Alexander the Great
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe conquests of Alexander III (“The Great”) transformed the economic as well as political landscape of ancient Greece and Persia. -
Frome Hoard to go to the Museum of Somerset
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe Frome Hoard, a collection of over fifty thousand Roman coins discovered last year, will be bought by the Museum of Somerset. The Museum raised over £420,000 to buy the... -
Olbian “Asses” in the Collection of the National Museum in Cracow – Supplement
Posted on February 2, 2011 | No CommentsOlbian “Asses” in the Collection of the National Museum in Cracow – Supplement Bodzek, Jarosław (Kraków) Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, vol. 10, Kraków (2007) Abstract Several years ago I... -
2,100 year-old Greek coin may have marked rare astronomical event
Posted on January 14, 2011 | No CommentsBy Owen Jarus An unusual Greek coin, minted around 120 BC, may have marked a moment in time when people in ancient Syria saw Jupiter being blocked out by the... -
The Monetary Stock at Pompeii at the Turn of the Second and First Centuries BC: Pseudo-Ebusus and Pseudo-Massalia
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsThe Monetary Stock at Pompeii at the Turn of the Second and First Centuries BC: Pseudo-Ebusus and Pseudo-Massalia By Clive Stannard NUOVE RICERCHE ARCHEOLOGICHE A POMPEI ED ERCOLANO, edited by PIETRO GIOVANNI... -
Aspects of Roman Republican coins found in Late Iron Age Dacia
Posted on April 29, 2010 | No CommentsAspects of Roman Republican coins found in Late Iron Age Dacia By Kris Lockyear Miscellanea numismatica Antiquitatis. In honorem septagenarii magistri Virgilii Mihailescu-Bîrliba oblata, eds. V. Spinei and L.Munteanu (Bucharest, 2008)... -
Coins from the time of Alexander the Great found in Syria
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsReports indicate that a collection of Hellenistic coins dating back to the era of Alexander the Great in northern Syria have been found by a local man. According to reports... -
Buried coins may hold key to solving mystery of ancient Roman population
Posted on February 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe first century BC in Italy was culturally a brilliant age, unequaled by any other period in Roman history. It was a time of Cicero, Caesar, Vergil, Horace and many... -
The Jug and Lituus on Roman Republican Coin Types: Ritual Symbols and Political Power
Posted on February 14, 2010 | No CommentsThe Jug and Lituus on Roman Republican Coin Types: Ritual Symbols and Political Power By Roberta Stewart Phoenix, Vol. 51, No. 2. (1997) Introduction: In the coinage of the Roman Republic,... -
The monetary systems of the Han and Roman empires
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe monetary systems of the Han and Roman empires Scheidel, Walter Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, February 2008 Abstract The Chinese tradition of supplementing large quantities of bronze cash with...