CX902-30

Numismatics is the study of systems of coinage. The module covers the coinages of Greece and Rome from the end of the seventh century BC to the seventh century AD. The module looks at the various ways that coinage can be used in the study of the ancient world, as a source for history, art history, archaeology and ancient economics.

The aim of this module is to train students both how coinage may be used as an element in studying the material culture of the ancient world and how to investigate coins as historical entities in their own right.

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Convenor and tutor: Professor Suzanne Frey-Kupper

Schedule 2020-21, weekly in latter part of term 1 and in odd weeks in term 2

Tuesdays 1-3 pm Room SO0.13 (unless otherwise stated)

Syllabus

• Term 1

  Week 7 Tues 17/11, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Why did ancient states strike coins? The beginnings of coinage

  Week 8 Wednesday 24/11, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Archaic to Classical and identities

  Week 9 Monday 01/12, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Hellenistic coinages, die-links and quantification

  Week 10 Monday 08/12, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Roman Republican coinage and banking & business

  
  Term 2

• Week 1 Monday 12/01, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Augustus to c. AD 190 - Propaganda & Reception

  Week 3 Wednesday 26/01, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: The third and fourth centuries AD. Imitations

  Week 5 Monday 09/02, 1-3 pm, SO0.13: Coin identification and cataloguing

• Week 7 Monday 20/01, 12-2 pm, H5.22: Coin hoards and site finds

  Week 9 Monday 09/03: Presentation of essay topics

  During this term also, if feasible/tbc Visit to Oxford, Ashmolean. Heberden Coin Room
  meet Suzanne at the main entrance of the museum at 2.30pm
  (trains from Coventry/Leamington arrive hourly at 14 min past the hour).

• 5,000 word essay

All essay titles and topics must be discussed well in advance with the module leader.

Deadline for essay titles to be approved by Prof. Frey-Kupper: Thursdy 3rd March 2021, 12 noon
Please submit your title by email.

Deadline for essay to be submitted: Tuesday 4th May 2021, 12 noon

You can expect to receive feedback within 20 working days electronically via Tabula. You are also encouraged to attend a feedback tutorial with the module tutor.

Numismatic events:

• The Royal Numismatic Society has a monthly lecture series at the Warburg Institute or the British Museum in London for its members (student annual membership is currently £18).

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