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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/
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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)
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.......Donald White's article from a 1986 edition of Penn Museum's "Expedition Magazine" :
https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/28-3/The%20Morris.pdf
John T Morris, the 1916 donor of the Morris Coin, was heir to the Morris Iron Works, established in Philadelphia in 1828. He might be seen as personifying his era's combination of capitalist exploitation and high culture philanthropy. This problematic combination, not unique to the USA but of singular importance in that country's history, merits consideration not only as exemplifying the golden leash that has both facilitated and bound the arts and scholarship in the USA, but also as a contrast to....
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The Morris Coin, from the collection of the Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
This silver decadrachm is about 35mm across and was issued by by Syracuse between 396 and 380 BCE.
Who is the beautiful young woman?
For possible answers, read....
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
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=
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www.coinbooks.orgE-Sylum v28n26, June 29, 2025
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
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... the defeat of the US military assault on the Canadas is seen as an important stage in the development of a distinct Canadian identity. Note how the 200th Anniversary Royal Canadian Mint silver dollar features a British sergeant, a Voltigeur Canadien, and an Iroquois warrior.
Is there a source for these words ascribed to the 13 year old Jacob Cline?
>>The Americans were in high spirits, and when I said I was Canadian, one of the officers laughed and said, "You’ll soon be under the Yankey government, my boy." I was sassy, like most boys of my age, and I said, "I’m not so sure about that." <<
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
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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/
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Dear #Numismatics friends, I would like you to share a piece you like (#Coins #CoinCollecting #Banknotes #Tokens #Medals #Exonumia) with the #SaturdayNightCoinShow hashtag. To make it easy, it doesn't strictly have to be "Saturday Night" - any time on the weekend or near is fine :)
Here's one I quite like, which I posted roughly a year ago. An N.C.B. Rawdon check from the UK: https://coinofnote.com/n-c-b-rawdon-check-uk/ #History #Histodons #Coal #Coalmining #Rail #Railway
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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
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