Archaeoethnologica: Materializing the Roman Empre - Book / Materializando o Imperio Romano - Livro
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Archaeoethnologica: Materializing the Roman Empre - Book / Materializando o Imperio Romano - Livro
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Following on from the post about banking in #ancient #Rome, I thought I'd share this piece. A Denarius was the standard day's wage for a labourer in Ancient Rome. This one is interesting as it is not all that it seems. It is a "Fouree", an ancient counterfeit coin made of copper and plated with silver. https://coinofnote.com/19-b-c-rome-augustus-denarius-fouree/
#Numismatics #Histodons #AncientCoins #AncientCoin @numismatics @histodons
Collecting #AncientCoins, particularly those from Rome is popular. But how much do you know about the #Roman #banking system? Invicta has you covered with this 19 minute video on the banking system in #Ancient #Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-TszklK-g (Not much mention of specific coins, but an interesting discussion on how it worked)
#Numismatics #Historian #Histodons #CoinCollecting @numismatics @histodons
Interesting piece in this week's E-Sylum on the coins of Charlemagne: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n27.html#article22
#Coins #Numismatics #Charlemagne #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
**Coins worth Roman soldier's monthly wage found**
_"Coins in both hoards range from the AD60s to AD180s, including for emperors such as Trajan, his cousin Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius."_
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q88yjd97lo.
#History #Histodons #RomanEmpire #Coins #Numismatics @histodons
The stories behind the coins are what really bring them to life. While I don't have any coins of Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, but knowing his story, certainly brings life into those coins (I mean, not to him of course, his life as #Emperor of #Mexico was short lived :) )
Story from E-Sylum: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n26.html#article13
Coins in Numista: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=mexico&r=&st=all&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=4028&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
Why do medieval coins look simpler than ancient coins? It's not just that the Roman Empire had fallen and it took a thousand years to get back to the same level of technology, as we often hear. Classical Numismatics dives into it and explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj_13kelQWE
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #AncientCoins #Ancient #History #Histodons @Numismatics @histodons
It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday!
"Let not #Zeus be angry again [. . .] and pour down showers of rain through the air to flood the circuit of the eternal universe. I hope I may not behold the sea in the sky and Selene's car soaking."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 36.119
Silver antoninianus of Julia Domna, minted in Rome, 211-217 CE
@antiquidons @mythology #DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Selene #Luna #numismatics
A new coin was recently discovered that is thought to be the oldest known Anglo-Saxon coin. The "massively significant" find that was struck in the 7th Century. The design depicts a man dancing a jig while holding a Christian cross above a symbol linked to the Norse god Odin.
https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n24.html#article23
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #AncientCoins #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
Still on the Roman Empire, and still in E-Sylum, and an interesting article on the many and sometimes confusing uses of the word Maximus / Max and finding it on coins: https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n24.html#article19
#History #Histodons #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #AncientCoins #Rome #RomanEmpire @numismatics @histodons
Students at King's College London are learning how Roman coins were made, including the "significant disparity in portrait styles in Roman provincial coinage for which there is no good explanation" - how? By learning how dies are made and by practising striking coins themselves - it sounds a fascinating course!
Article in E-Sylum:
https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n24.html#article10
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #AncientCoins #Ancient #Studying #Students #Learning #History #Histodons
@numismatics @histodons
**Coin hoard spans Roman republic to first emperor**
"_The denarii date from the late 2nd Century BC, in the last tumultuous decades of the Roman republic, to the first Roman emperors and could have been a purse loss._"
Let's continue the #MysteryCoin theme! This piece was revealed in the last #Newsletter. And what was it? It was a 1961 #Afghanistan 2 Afghanis: https://coinofnote.com/1961-afghanistan-2-afghanis/
#Eagle #Coin #CoinCollecting #Numismatics #Coins #History #Histodons @histodons @numismatics
Here's a #coin I posted to the site a couple of weeks ago but haven't shared here yet, particularly for #SaturdayNightCoinShow
This was the #MysteryCoin from the newsletter before last, which turned out to be, the 1830 1 Double from #Guernsey - a #KM1 coin too: https://coinofnote.com/1830-guernsey-1-double/
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #History #Histodon @histodons @numismatics
**Gold Solidus of Theodosius II, Constantinople, 425–429 AD.**
#Gold #Coin #Numismatics #History #Byzantine #Empire
#Image attribution: ANS, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_Solidus_of_Theodosius_II,_425-429.jpg.
We pause today, the 6th of June, to remember D Day. 81 years ago, the largest amphibian invasion in the history of warfare occurred. Over 5,000 ships and craft landed more than 150,000 allied troops which ultimately led to the defeat of Nazi Germany.
More: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day
Pictured, regular & impressions "Battle of Normandy" medallion covers from #Australia Post.
#Numismatics #PNC #Philately #Europe #OnThisDay #History #Histodons #WWII #DDay @numismatics @histodons @philately
New reading material arrived! I am looking forward to #reading this, but I am notoriously bad at regularity, so please don't expect a full review any time soon :D
"Supernote by Jim Davidson, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent - Retired. Inspired by an untold true story".
It's a beautifully presented hard cover #book with a story I'm looking forward to getting into!
#Numismatics #History #Histodons #Bibliophile #Book #Books #TrueCrime #Crime @bookstodon @numismatics @histodons
"End of an era after 355 years: Hudson's Bay Company permanently closed"
The English Royal Charter of 1670, issued by King Charles II, incorporated the Hudson’s Bay Company as a #fur trading giant in the Rupert’s Land (Canada). The company has been a fixture in #Canada 's commercial landscape since then, but closed all its stores on 1st June.
Here is a medallion marking the 300th anniversary in 1970.
#Numismatics #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons #HudsonsBay
It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday!
"Mene (the Moon), full with grey fire, gilds with her face the gleaming heaven"
Tryphiodorus, The Taking of Ilias 514
#Luna oil lamp, ca. 90-140 CE
@antiquidons @mythology #DayOfSelene #MoonMonday #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Selene #numismatics
Today in 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded the city of St Petersburg in #Russia.
I'll have to write up a coin which was minted there, but in the meantime, here is a Russian coin minutes less than 50 years after the founding of St Petersburg, the 1749 Denga: https://coinofnote.com/russia-1-denga-1749/
#numismatics #coins #CoinCollecting #TodayInHistory #history #histodons @numismatics @histodons