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From Symbol to Likeness: The Emergence of the Coin Portrait in the Greek-Persian Tradition

Gephyra, 2020
The rendition of living (or just deceased) persons with clearly recognizable individual features on coins was developed at the intersection of Greek and Persian cultural areas as a result of the grown complexity of political power-structures.
Wilhelm MÜSELER
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Book review: Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite coins: a catalogue of coins from the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan [PDF]

, 2015
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Tandon, Pankaj
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Prerequisites for a computational approach to Minoan chronology

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue S1, Page 110-130, June 2025.
Abstract The paper examines the development, adoption, and limitations of the relative chronology system for Minoan pottery, initially established by Sir Arthur Evans and Duncan Mackenzie during the excavation of Knossos (1900–1906). Despite its weaknesses, this system remained largely unchanged due to its convenience rather than its accuracy.
Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Martina Trognitz   +1 more
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Władysław Bartynowski’s collections of religious medallions and crosses - originals and bartynotypes

Sacrum et Decorum, 2023
The article is devoted to the subject of religious medallions, a topic which is rarely discussed. Its subject is Władysław Bartynowski’s collection of religious medallions and crosses and the bartynotype: his method of making copies of numismatic items ...
Krystyna Pawłowska
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Holders of battered memories: Exploring suitcases as museum metaphors for travel, exile, and incarceration

Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 821-834, October 2024.
Abstract In this article we consider suitcases: ubiquitous objects in museum exhibitions used to signify incarceration as well as involuntary or forced migration. Building on fieldwork from museums and public spaces, we consider how suitcases themselves are consigned to the “attic of memory:” As museum displays or as piles of discarded remnants ...
Elizabeth Carnegie, Jerzy Kociatkiewicz
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Numismatics of Sallarids

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения
Introduction. The goal of the research is to reveal data on coinage and trade routes during the period of the Sallarids (the Musafirids, the Kangarids).
Aygun Mammadova
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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The Bahmani “currency reform” of the early fifteenth century in light of the Akola hoard [PDF]

, 2018
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Tandon, Pankaj, Wagoner, Phillip B.
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Pierced, looped and framed: the (re)use of gold coins in jewellery in sixth‐ and seventh‐century England

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 337-386, August 2024.
The early medieval coin‐using economy is traditionally conceptualized as a masculine sphere with minimal female involvement. This article examines a corpus of 135 gold and pale gold coins of the later sixth and seventh centuries that underwent modification as coin‐pendants, a form of jewellery that belongs almost exclusively to feminine contexts ...
Katie D. Haworth, Kelly M. Clarke‐Neish   +1 more
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A abdicação de Vetranião (350 d.c.) e os resquícios do modelo Tetrárquico

História, 2018
RESUMO O presente artigo se volta para o efêmero reinado de Vetranião (março a dezembro de 350), governante aclamado pelos soldados estacionados nas províncias da Ilíria.
Moisés Antiqueira
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