Classics News and Events
Coin of the Month: Glorification and personification on the Judaea Capta coinage
For the first of this year's series, undergraduate Rebecca Preedy explores the Judaea Capta coinage of the Flavians. Read it here.
September coin of the month: The lead tokens of Roman Egypt: Thoughts on Function
As part of the initiative to put the tokens of the Ashmolean Museum online (generously funded by the Humanities Research Fund and the European Research Council), Denise Wilding explores The Lead Tokens of Roman Egypt: Thoughts on Function.
June Coin of the Month
In this month's blog, Clare Rowan discusses a letter by Frederick Parkes Weber, and what he originally had in mind for the Royal Numismatic Society Parkes Weber Prize. Read about it here.
May Coins of the Month
This month, in a lock down special, we have two entries for our Coin of the Month series. Nicholas Aherne discusses provincial coinage in Syria and Cristian Mondello examines two unpublished token moulds in Florence.
Coin of the Month: A Bronze Neapolitan Coin and its Relevance to Rome
One of our alumni, Ieuan Luke, writes about the beginnings of Roman coinage in January's coin of the month.