Filologia, Letterature e Storia dell'Antichità | COINS IN GREECE AND ROME

cod. 0322200065

COINS IN GREECE AND ROME

	0322200065
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
	EQF7
	ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
	2022/2023

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-ANT/04	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO GIUGNO	15/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	28/07/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	22/09/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	11/12/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE (THEORETICAL AND PRATICAL) ABOUT THE ANCIENT NUMISMATICS WITH THE PURPOSE OF TO USE THE NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ANCIENT HISTORY.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

	Contents
	FEATURES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS: TYPES, MINTING AND MINTS, WEIGTH STANDARDS. COINS INTO CIRCULATION; PURPOSE OF COINAGE. INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE PRESENT DIRECTION OF THE NUMISMATIC RESEARCHS. NUMISMATICS AND ARCHAELOGY: THE STUDIES OF THE COIN FINDS; THE METHOD FOR THE COIN CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING (ORE 30 LECTURES). DURING THIS COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL CATALOG GREEK AND ROMAN COINS UNDER FACULTY GUIDANCE. AT THE END OF THIS PRACTICAL UNIT, THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ANCIENT COINS, CATALOGUE THEM AND FILL NU FORMS, AND USE THE MAIN NUMISMATIC CATALOGUES. METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL TOPICS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS FROM COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS.

FEATURES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS: TYPES, MINTING AND MINTS, WEIGTH STANDARDS. COINS INTO CIRCULATION; PURPOSE OF COINAGE. INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE PRESENT DIRECTION OF THE NUMISMATIC RESEARCHS. NUMISMATICS AND ARCHAELOGY: THE STUDIES OF THE COIN FINDS; THE METHOD FOR THE COIN CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING (ORE 30 LECTURES).
DURING THIS COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL CATALOG GREEK AND ROMAN COINS UNDER FACULTY GUIDANCE. AT THE END OF THIS PRACTICAL UNIT, THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ANCIENT COINS, CATALOGUE THEM AND FILL NU FORMS, AND USE THE MAIN NUMISMATIC CATALOGUES. METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL TOPICS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS FROM COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES; CATALOGUING'S LESSONS AND PRACTISES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS, PRACTISES OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH.

	Verification of learning
	FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION.

	Texts
	- F. BARELLO, ARCHEOLOGIA DELLA MONETA. PRODUZIONE E UTILIZZO NELL'ANTICHITÀ, ED. CAROCCI, ROMA 2014. OR - R. CANTILENA, LA MONETA IN GRECIA E A ROMA. APPUNTI DI NUMISMATICA ANTICA, ED. MONDUZZI, BOLOGNA 2008. FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE AND FOR THE STUDY OF COIN FINDS: - CH. HOWGEGO, LA STORIA ANTICA ATTRAVERSO LE MONETE, ED. QUASAR, ROMA 2002 (TRAD. IT. DI ANCIENT HISTORY FROM COINS, LONDON 1995). - A. ROVELLI, NUMISMATICA E ARCHEOLOGIA, IN R. FRANCOVICH E D. MANACORDA (A CURA DI), DIZIONARIO DI ARCHEOLOGIA. TEMI, CONCETTI, METODI, ED. LATERZA, BARI 2000, PP. 206-2.

Texts

- F. BARELLO, ARCHEOLOGIA DELLA MONETA. PRODUZIONE E UTILIZZO NELL'ANTICHITÀ, ED. CAROCCI, ROMA 2014.

OR

- R. CANTILENA, LA MONETA IN GRECIA E A ROMA. APPUNTI DI NUMISMATICA ANTICA, ED. MONDUZZI, BOLOGNA 2008.

FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE AND FOR THE STUDY OF COIN FINDS:
- CH. HOWGEGO, LA STORIA ANTICA ATTRAVERSO LE MONETE, ED. QUASAR, ROMA 2002 (TRAD. IT. DI ANCIENT HISTORY FROM COINS, LONDON 1995).
- A. ROVELLI, NUMISMATICA E ARCHEOLOGIA, IN R. FRANCOVICH E D. MANACORDA (A CURA DI), DIZIONARIO DI ARCHEOLOGIA. TEMI, CONCETTI, METODI, ED. LATERZA, BARI 2000, PP. 206-2.