numismatica
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This one’s been hitting all my social media sources and a few lists as well … here’s a description from the page: Coin hoards of the Roman Republic Online (CHRR Online) is a database of Roman Republican coin hoards mainly from the period 155 BC to AD 2. This database began life as a personal…
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Saw this mentioned on the Classicists list … the folks at UWarwick are putting together something which will, no doubt, be very useful … here’s a bit from the introductory blurb: Work on provincial coins in the Roman Empire has demonstrated their potential to be used as a source to understand local culture as well…
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From Novinite … sounds like one we’ll be hearing more about (hopefully): A team of Bulgarian archaeologists has found a coin treasure from the 3rd century BC near the southeastern-most Bulgarian Black Sea village of Sinemorets. The coin treasure was discovered by the team of Prof. Daniela Agre excavating archaeological sites in the region in…
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A few items that are ‘project related’ have been laying in my mailbox for various lengths of time and it seems useful to gather them together in one post. First, a tip ‘o the pileus to Charles Jones for alerting us (via his AWOL blog today) of this very interesting and potentially useful (French) web…
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Interesting press release from Southampton which has been making the rounds of the news outlets in various forms … here’s the first three-quarters or so: Archaeologists and engineers from the University of Southampton are collaborating with the British Museum to examine buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology. Originally designed for the analysis…
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