1. Literature Survey Exercise (1,000 Words). 10%.

The aim of this exercise is to help you become familiar with the available on-line and printed numismatic literature. Select one topic from each of the following a-c):

a) the coinage of Mende in Northern Greece, or of Teos in Ionia, or of Abdera in Northern Greece, or of Thasos, or of  Orchomenos in Boeotia.

b)  the collection of Roman Republic coins in i) the British Museum, or ii) the  Bibliothèque nationale de France, or iii) Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.

c) coins from the excavations of i) Corinth, or ii) Troy, or iii) Nemea in the Peloponnese, or iv) Olynthus.

For each of your selections from a-c) please give the following reference and add a short annotation: 1. a printed catalogue; 2. two websites in which these coins appear - one of the market and one online database (such as RPC) and identify where the coins can be found (URL); n.b. in relation to question b) only give examples from a scholarly or museum website (not the market!); 3. two printed articles dealing with topic.

Eg. If the topic for a) was the coinage of Athens, you might put for 1. Seltman CT 1924, Athens Its History & Coinage before the Persian Invasion, CUP, Cambridge.

Your note might then be: 'Although outdated, this is still the is the standard account of the archaic coinage of Athens'.

2. Corpus and Die Study. Seminar Presentation and Essay (1,500 Word Essay). 30%.

The aim of this exercise is to make the student familiar with the technique of die analysis.

Select one mint and period from the following:

Corinth (archaic); Thebes (Classical); Sikyon (Hellenistic); Corinth (reign of Septimius Severus);  Derrones tribe (archaic); Thasos (archaic), Syracuse (archaic).

For each of these choices there is an ACANS coins that will be assigned to you (images will be provided).  Using this coin you will attempt to find other coins to which it is die linked.  You will then compile a (limited) corpus of coins from the same period of minting and examine the existence of die links within the corpus. Each student will present their results in a 10 minute seminar presentation, and then submit a written account of this research.

3. Seminar Presentation and Essay (1,000 words). 30%.

The aim of this exercise is explore the configuration of numismatic evidence (and how it has been studied).

The student must select an ancient settlement, sanctuary or cemetery and discuss the numismatic evidence from the archaeological investigation of this location.  Athens is excluded! The student must discuss the selected location with the unit lecturer.  The research will be presented in a 20 seminar paper and then submitted, in electronic form, via iLearn.

4. Research Essay (2500-3000 Words). 30%.

The aim of this exercise is investigate the integrated nature of literary and material culture evidence, and in particular the multifaceted nature of  numismatic evidence, in the writing of an historical narrative.

The student will select a period in Athenian history and write an account largely based on the numismatic evidence but which also combines literary and archaeological evidence.  This period must be chosen after consultation with the unit lecturer.  

Citations and references:

All assessments should be presented with the Harvard-style of citations and references (author’s name, date of publication and page and/or illustration numbers) There are many guides. Try for example:

http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/harvard

For a good listing of examples:

http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=13183324

Archaeological Numismatics

AHPG 806 Greek Coins

A full bibliography will be available on ilearn.

Archaeological Numismatics Bibliography

Numismatics and the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS).  Know your university centre.  The website provides information on its aims and activities:

http://www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres,-groups-and-facilities/resilient-societies/centres/australian-centre-for-ancient-numismatic-studies

Web Resources:

There are a great number of sites on the web for numismatics.

1. A useful site is that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) with library, collection and links to resources:

http://www.numismatics.org                   

2. A useful listing of on-line resources has be prepared by Christian Weiss from the Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften at the University of Bern (which I reference as Weiss/Bern).

http://www.iaw.unibe.ch/forschung/numismatik/linkliste_numismatik/

AHPG Archaeological Numismatics

2016 Lesson Schedule

Please see the ilearn pages for the marking rubric.