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Numismatic and archaeological collecting in northern Sicily during the first half of the nineteenth century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This research examines the archaeological protection system and antiquarian collecting in northern Sicily, in particular in the coastal strip from Palermo to Messina during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Crisa, Antonino
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Beyond National Currency: The Plurality of Early Modern Money

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Diversity in money leaps at historians of early modern societies, whether they analyse account books, legal documents, travelogues and diaries, or try to make sense of a sum casually mentioned in a source from the period. The plurality of money objects contrasts with the homogeneous, singular currencies imposed by nation‐states in the 19th and
Sebastian Felten
wiley   +1 more source

Coin hoard from the rescue archaeological excavations at site 11Б — Chukovezer village Dragoman municipality. Comparative analysis with coin hoards from the region of the Southwestern Bulgaria

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2020
This paper focuses on coin hoard found in a ceramic vessel during rescue archeological excavations in Chukovezer village, Dragoman municipality, Sofia district.
Borislavov Borislav   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A survey of the material and intellectual consequences of trading in undocumented ancient coins : a case study on the North American trade [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Ancient coins are among the most widely collected and demanded objects among American collectors of antiquities. A vocal lobby of ancient coin dealers/collectors has arisen to protect the importation of undocumented material into the United States and ...
Elkins, Nathan T.
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Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

Ephesus and its coinage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The following is from an article in the Saturday Review, from Head's "Ephesus and Its Coinage," and serves to show the importance numismatics occupies as a key to historical ...
Head, Barclay Vincent
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Evidentiary Authority as a System: Johann Christoph Gatterer and the Collective Making of Historical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 203-226, October 2025.
How is historical evidence conveyed? How could an eighteenth‐century scholar vouch for the information stored on paper, drafted with the quill, and publicized in copperplate engravings or letterpress? In this article, I employ material and medial perspectives to reconstruct the multiple production stages of Johann Christoph Gatterer's Historia ...
André de Melo Araújo
wiley   +1 more source

Coins in the Classroom – Teaching Group Work with Roman Coins

open access: yesThe Journal of Classics Teaching, 2020
It can be challenging to bring material culture to life in the classroom when the cultures that produced those materials are separated from the students by time and space.
Gwynaeth McIntyre   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Lyon Mint in the Roman Tomares Hoard (Seville): Some Considerations on Its Metallic Composition Determined by XRF

open access: yesX-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 650-659, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT There is no doubt that coins are of great interest to historical research, as they provide a wealth of information about the period in which they were minted. The Roman Tetrarchy (AD 294‐324) was one of the most turbulent periods in Roman history.
Ruth Pliego   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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