Pocket Change
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In the Hellenistic period, all matters that concerned coinage were regulated by laws and decrees, and all decisions that concerned coinage were taken by the issuing authority and could apply in the area of its own jurisdiction. Coinage was a financial instrument par excellence and could be issued by minting authorities that could guarantee its metal and value, with the aim of serving their needs—whether of the community itself or imposed by others. Selene E. Psoma (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) will reveal how nomisma and nomos were linked and interconnected based on epigraphic, numismatic, and literary evidence.
Attending the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (New Orleans, April 17–21, 2024), I was struck by…
with Arkadiusz Dymowski (Independent Researcher, Poland) and Kyrylo Myzgin (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Many Roman Imperial denarii found their way…
The coins minted by the cities of Hispania between ca. 44 BC and AD 54 are Roman provincial coins. Minted in bronze for local…
With Passover nearly upon us, I cannot help but trawl the Passover seder for numismatic connections. Luckily said, a connection…
In the second of a three-part series that explores the messages, audiences, and relative frequencies of Nerva’s imperial coinage…
Figure 1. The obverse and reverse of a 1793 large cent are clearly discernable from one another, and follow guidelines…
The Royal Maundy is a historic ceremony with origins in the New Testament, held on the Thursday before Easter…
Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for…
Excavations in Elaiussa Sebaste, an active mint from at least the beginning of the first century BCE to the…
In the Hellenistic period, all matters that concerned coinage were regulated by laws and decrees, and all decisions that…
Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
Another batch of Roman…
Lucia Carbone, ANS Andrew M. Burnett Associate Curator of Roman Numismatics, will discuss her new two-volume publication Local Coinages…