Money and Medals Network Augmented Reality
Veni, Vidi, VR
I came, I saw, I coin-quered.
This exhibition is designed to demonstrate the value of Virtual Reality in exhibition contexts. By displaying coins like this, they are more accessible and easier to display. The use of Augmented Reality, in which the virtual objects are superimposed over the real world, makes it easier for people to explore the exhibition together. This exhibition is portable, meaning it can be taken into schools or other contexts to introduce numismatics to audiences that would normally not experience it. The coins shown here are mostly from the reign of Augustus, and are arranged in chronological order to show how his imagery developed through his life, from the civil war with Antony and Cleopatra to Tiberius’ deification of Augustus following his death. Each coin has a small information panel available next to it, with further information about them!
Organised by Professor Clare Rowan, Murray Silk, Jemima Gurney, Emily Cornish, Margot Cowling, and Issy Harper.
With thanks to Dr Robert O’Toole for setting up the Virtual Roman-ity of this exhibition.
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Coins on display
A denarius of Cleopatra and Antony
A provincial coin with Julia and Marcellus
A silver denarius of Augustus showing a comet
A denarius of Augustus showing Gaius Caesar
A denarius showing Gaius and Lucius Caesar