Digitizing Numismatics: Getting the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Coins to the World-Wide Web Jarrett, Jonathan The Heroic Age, Issue 12 (May 2009) Abstract Medieval studies is always greedy for more evidence, yet numismatics, which can be seen to sit uncomfortably between archaeology, art history and amateur collecting, is rarely given the importance it deserves. This article explains […]
Digitizing Numismatics: Getting the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Coins to the World-Wide Web
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Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage
April 14, 2009 By
Appropriation of Pagan Roman Motifs in Christian Byzantine Coinage Lecture by Kelly Hughes, given at the University of Richmond February 2, 2009 Art history and classical civilization double major Kelly Hughes, ’09, lectures from her senior thesis. Hughes is collections assistant for University of Richmond Museums and curated the exhibit “Victories, Orbs, & Angels: Byzantine […]
Roman and medieval coins found in Scotland, 1988-95
January 12, 2009 By
Roman and medieval coins found in Scotland, 1988-95 Bateson, J D & N M McQ Holmest Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 127 (1997), 527-561 ABSTRACT A survey of over 300 sites in Scotland describes Roman and later coin finds since 1988. Click here to download/read this article (PDF)
Coins, Money of Account and Price Movements: The Lower Rhine Region in a European Context: 1350-1800
January 2, 2009 By
Coins, Money of Account and Price Movements: The Lower Rhine Region in a European Context: 1350-1800 By Rainer Metz Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung(HSR), Vol. 16:1 (1991) Introduction: The focus of this study is the reconstruction and quantitative representation of the money of account systems of the Lower Rhine area and their change in value over […]
Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East-Central European Context
December 23, 2008 By
Byzantine Coins from the 6th and the 7th Century Found in Poland and their East-Central European Context By Maciej Salamon and M. Woloszyn XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: In this paper we discuss coins from the 6th and 7th centuries, passing over the Pomeranian finds from the beginning of the 6th century. A small series […]
Relation between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of the Coin Finds
December 23, 2008 By
Relation between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of the Coin Finds By Aleksander Bursche XIV International Economic History Congress (2006) Introduction: The area considered in the present contribution is East Central and Northern (Scandinavia) Europe, settled by peoples referred to in the written sources as superiores barbari. As such we […]
The Egyptian Specie Market and the Gold Crisis of the Fifteenth Century
December 17, 2008 By
The Egyptian Specie Market and the Gold Crisis of the Fifteenth Century By Ian Blanchard Lecture presented at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 1985) Introduction: The years 1375-1434 witnessed an acute dislocation of European gold markets which assumed crisis proportions during the period 1392-1412. After half a century of remarkable stability in […]
Monetary Unification in the Ancient World
December 3, 2008 By
Monetary Unification in the Ancient World By Teresa Caruso Nations and Nationalities in Historical Perspective, edited by Gudmunður Hálfdanarson and Ann Katherine Isaacs (University of Pisa, 2001) Synopsis: Although the article deals mainly with numismatic history related to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, it also includes a small section about Carolingian effort on monetary unification. Click here to read/download this article […]
Medieval Baltic Numismatics
November 30, 2008 By
Medieval Baltic Numismatics By William Urban Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. 24:1 (1993) Introduction: Medieval coins provide a tangible means of making contact with our past. In them we see part of the culture of former generations–its art, trade, politics, even its human dimension. In them we see important clues to economic and social history in […]
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