Ancient Numismatics

Code:

ARQU043

Acronym:

NUMA

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ARQU	20	Study plan since 2008/2009	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To know the origin and evolution of the concept of money in Classical Antiquity. To understand the gradual process of monetization in the Mediterranean World. To explain the geographic, political, economic and chronology of the "invention of money". To meet the technologies related to the production of coins. To understand the monetary systems in Classical Antiquity, especially during the Roman period and with special attention to the Iberian Peninsula. Initiation to research in numismatic studies.

Learning outcomes and competences

With the frequency of Ancient Numismatics, the student will get an insight into the evolution of coinage in Classical Antiquity, with greater detail in Roman Numismatics, in the light of more recent research. On the other hand, in laboratory classes, the student can practice the classification and study of coins, using reference bibliography and assisted by teacher.

At the end of the course, the student will have skills to conduct small studies sets monetary antiquity, support the organization and study of collections and monetary collections and study sets of coins recovered from archaeological excavations.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction 1.1. The purpose of Numismatics 1.2. The numismatic studies 1.3. Ancient Numismatics in Iberian Peninsula: an overview of research 1.4. Numismatics and Archaeology 1.5. The coin, witness of History 1.6. The origins of Western money 2. The Study of the Coin: Methods and Techniques 2.1. Elements of the coin 2.2. Coin minting technology 2.3. Coin finds: importance, interpretation and study 2.4. The study of currency and money supply 2.5. New directions of numismatic research 3. Registration and Publication of Coin Finds 3.1. Description and classification of coins 3.2. Catalogue of coin finds 3.3. Cleaning and preservation of coins 3.04. Molding and photography of coins 4. Roman Numismatics 4.1. The coin minting in Rome 4.2. The Roman coin 4.3. The evolution of the Roman monetary system: an overview 4.4. Notes on the currency in the Roman Hispania 5. Notes on Ancient Numismatics in Iberian Peninsula 5.1. The monetization of Hispania 5.2. The first peninsular struck coins 5.3. The hispanic mints 5.4. The closure of the hispanic mints

Mandatory literature

AARTS, J.; “Communities and the empire. The power of contextual analysis”, Archaeological Dialogues, 12 (1), pp. 38-44, Cambridge, 2005
ALFARO ASINS, C. et alii ; Historia monetaria de Hispania Antigua, Madrid, 1997
"Aspects de la monnaie", Diogène, 101-102, Paris, 1978
Burnett, Andrew; Roman provincial coinage. ISBN: 0-7141-0871-5
CARSON, R.A.G.; Coins of the Roman Empire, Londres, 1990
CASEY, P.J.; Understanding Ancient Coins.An Introduction for Archaeologists and Historians, Londres, 1986
CENTENO, R.M.S.; Circulação monetária no noroeste de Hispânia até 192, Porto, 1987
CENTENO, R.M.S.; "Da República ao Império: Reflexões sobre a Monetização no Ocidente da Hispânia", in Trueque, dinero y moneda en el Mediterráneo Antiguo ss. X-I aC, (Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología), pp. 359-71, Madrid, 2011
CRAWFORD, M.H.; Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge, 1974
GARCÍA-BELLIDO, M.P.; BLÁZQUEZ, C.; Diccionario de cecas y pueblos hispánicos, 2 vols., Madrid, 2001
GRIERSON, PH.; Monnaies et monnayage. Introduction à la numismatique, Paris, 1976
HARL, K.W.; Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, Baltimore/Londres, 1996
HARRIS, W. V. (Editor); The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans, Oxford, 2008
Howgego, Christopher; Ancient history from coins. ISBN: 0-415-08993-X
KRAAY, C.M.; Archaic and Classical Greek Coins, Londres, 1976
MATTINGLY, H. et alii; The Roman Imperial Coinage, 10 vols., Londres, 1923-2007
METCALF, W E. (ed.); The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage, Oxord University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780195305746
RIPOLLÈS, P.P.; Las acuñaciones provinciales romanas de Hispania, (Bibliotheca Numismatica Hispana, 8), Madrid, 2010
SCHAPS, D.M.; The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece, Ann Arbor, 2004
VILLARONGA, L.; Numismática antigua de Hispania. Iniciación a su estudio, Barcelona, 1979
VILLARONGA, L.; Corpvs nvmmvm Hispaniae ante Avgvsti aetatem, Madrid, 1994

Complementary Bibliography

AARTS, J.; “Coins, money and exchange in the Roman world. A cultural-economic perspective”, Archaeological Dialogues, 12 (1), pp. 1-28, Cambridge, 2005
CARCASSONNE, CH.; Méthodes statistiques en numismatique, Lovaina, 1987
CENTENO, R.M.S. et alii; Rutas, ciudades y moneda en Hispania. (Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología, XX), Madrid, 1999
Coin Finds and Coin Use in the Roman World, (SFMA, 10), Berlim, 1996
CRAWFORD, M.H.; La moneta in Grecia e a Roma, Roma/Bari, 1982
HASELGROVE, C.; “Reassessing the roles of Roman coinage”, Archaeological Dialogues, 12 (1), pp. 28-31, Cambridge, 2005
JENKINS, G.K.; Monnaies grecques, Friburgo, 1972
MACDOWALL, D.W.; Coin Collections. Their Preservation, Classification and Presentation, Paris, 1978
PEREIRA, I. et alii; Fouilles de Conimbriga, III. Les monnaies, Paris, 1974
SAUL, M.; “The circulation of coins and the Roman periphery”, Archaeological Dialogues, 12 (1), pp. 31-34, Cambridge, 2005
REECE, R.; Coinage in Roman Britain, Londres, 1987
SCHEIDEL, W.; “From monetization to culture change”, Archaeological Dialogues, 12 (1), pp. 35-37, Cambridge, 2005
SUTHERLAND, C.H.V.; Monnaies romaines, Friburgo, 1974
VAGI, D.L.; Coinage and history of the roman empire : c. 82 B.C.- A.D. 480, 2 vols., Sidnei, 1999
VIVES Y ESCUDERO, A.; La moneda hispánica, 5 vols.+ 1 vol. de ests., Madrid, 1924-26
VON REDEN, S.; Money in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521459525

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive and interactive method, using audiovisual means, with the presentation of works by the students on some of the different themes of the program, complemented with practical sessions of introduction to the study and classification of classical coins. Accomplishment of a final supervised research work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Teste	35,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	58,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance at a minimum of 75% of classes, except in cases foreseen by general law and by FLUP’s regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in classes = 15% Written test= 35% Final research work = 50%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to Assessment Regulations.

Classification improvement

According to Assessment Regulations.