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| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
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Late Iron Age coinages in the Lower Rhine area |
| The most recent, comprehensive and widely distributed Lower Rhine coin group is that of bronze ‘AVAVCIA’ coins, the obverse of which shows a swastika and the reverse a horse (Fig. 11). Because the coins occur on such a vast scale in the earliest Roman camps and civil centres. More. Labels: coin, germany, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt |
| Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. More. Labels: coin, israel, roman empire |
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| Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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Museum's treasure trove |
| More than 4,000 people have flocked to see a collection of Roman coins and artefacts since it opened its doors a month ago. More. Labels: coin, museum, roman empire, united kingdom |
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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Coin Hoards and the Population of the City of Rome |
| A new article considers estimates for the population of the ancient city of Rome based on the prevalence of coin hoards and suggests figures lower than have been provided before. More. Labels: coin, roman empire |
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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Roman Republican Coins and Books by Andrew McCabe |
| The period 72-50BC is among the least understood in Roman Republican numismatics. The problem is that it was too quiet. The slave revolt of Spartacus was defeated in 71BC and there was no large-scale trouble on Italian soil for 20 years excepting the brief revolt of Cataline, memorably dealt with by Cicero. More. Labels: coin, roman empire |
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| Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
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Money Museum * * * |
| The MoneyMuseum is the Museum's platform of the Sunflower Foundation. The foundation was established in 1999 by Dr. Jürg Conzett. Its aim is to expand the knowledge and the exchange of money, its history, significance and function and thus to promote the individual and social understanding of economic connections. More Labels: coin, collectibles, museum, roman empire |
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Roman coin hoards and population size |
| This is certainly an interesting use of archaeological data, and the authors should be applauded for it, but I can't really say I buy into their conclusions. Increase in coin hoards may be a sign of dead owners who never recovered them, but it may also be a sign of more owners, or even more criminals due to overpopulation, leading owners to hoard their wealth. More. Labels: coin, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
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Buried Treasure Fills in Ancient Roman Puzzle |
| As civil wars erupted throughout the Roman Republic in the 1st century B.C.E., country dwellers may have fled to cities. Before they left, some people buried their valuables to hide them from looting armies. Now social scientists have studied these ancient stashes, called coin hoards, to answer a long-standing Roman mystery. More. Labels: coin, roman empire, war |
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Large Cache of Coins from Historic Bar-Kokhba Revolt Uncovered |
| The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University. More. Labels: coin, dig, israel, roman empire, war |
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For Ancient Rome, Buried Treasure Means an Empire in Crisis |
| Historians believe they’re settled a long-running debate over ancient Rome’s population at the turn of the 1st century B.C.E. thanks to stashes of ancient Roman coins. More. Labels: coin, roman empire, war |
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| Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
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Buried Coins Key to Roman Population Mystery? |
| Researchers applied a unique blend of quantitative modeling and empirical testing normally found in the natural sciences to determine the population size of ancient Rome nearly 2,000 years ago. More. Labels: coin, roman empire, scholar |
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Archaeologists uncover coin cache in Israel |
| The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University. More. Labels: coin, dig, israel, roman empire |
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Roman Coin Hoards Show More War Means Fewer Babies |
| Coins buried by anxious Italians in the first century B.C. can be used to track the ups and downs of the Roman population during periods of civil war and violence. More. Labels: coin, roman empire, war |
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| Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
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Britain's most significant archeological finds |
| The Hoxne, pronounced Hoxon, hoard consists of more than 15,000 gold and silver coins, gold jewellery and numerous small items of silver tableware, including pepper pots, ladles and spoons. Also found at the site near Ipswich were the remains of a large wooden chest and smaller caskets with tiny silver padlocks, into which the treasure had been carefully secreted. It was discovered in November 1992 by Eric Lawes. Suffolk Archaeological Unit were able to carry out a controlled excavation of the deposit, which has greatly enhanced the importance of the Hoxne Treasure for research in the future. Labels: coin, dig, roman empire, united kingdom |
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| Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
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| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
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4th century Roman coin discovered |
A ROMAN coin dating from the fourth century has been discovered at a nature reserve in Snape. The historic coin was found by a local archaeologist earlier this year at RSPB Abbey Farm and is believed to date from 347 AD, during the reign of Constantius II and his brother Constans. Constans visited Britain in 343, probably to repel the Scots or Picts, after becoming joint emperor of Rome with his brother. Labels: coin, united kingdom |
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| Monday, September 14, 2009 |
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Currency debasement is historically destructive |
From about 190 AD to around 290 AD, the Roman Empire underwent what historians refer to as the “Crisis of the 3rd Century,” during which Rome had around 20-25 legitimate emperors at one time or another. Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus, who reigned during the beginning of this crisis, had some striking advice for his sons on how to handle the future of the empire during these times: “Live in harmony; enrich the troops; ignore everyone else.” FollowingLabels: coin, scholar |
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| Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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Judea: Large cache of coins found in cave |
The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University.
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| Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
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Bar Kochba-era treasure uncovered in Judean Hills cave |
Bar Kochba-era treasure uncovered in Judean Hills cave
An unusually large cache of antique coins and weaponry, dating from the time of the Bar Kochba revolt, was uncovered by Israeli explorers in a deserted cave in the Judean hills. The hoard of 120 rare coins and various weapons was hidden within a deep cave and discovered by Bar-Ilan University and Hebrew University researchers Labels: coin, israel |
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Archaeology News Report: Largest collection of Bar-Kokhba |
Archaeology News Report: Largest collection of Bar-Kokhba
The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. Labels: coin, israel, jerusalem |
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| Monday, February 26, 2007 |
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| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
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| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
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| Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
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| Monday, February 20, 2006 |
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| Saturday, March 12, 2005 |
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| EDP24
Roman coins declared treasure Labels: coin |
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| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 |
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| Monday, February 21, 2005 |
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| EDP24
Pot of Roman coins detected. Labels: coin |
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| Friday, February 28, 2003 |
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| Saturday, February 22, 2003 |
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| Roman Del Boy made a mint
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a Roman Del Boy who made a nice little earner selling bogus coins to foreign invaders.
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| Saturday, February 15, 2003 |
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| Roman coin hoard points to early recycling
A hoard of Roman coins discovered by metal-detecting enthusiasts on a farm near Longhorsley, Northumberland, UK, could be evidence that entrepreneurial native Northumbrian settlers were recycling old bronze coins and making trinkets to sell back to soldiers in the Roman army, according to experts. (needs free registration)
feb03w3 Labels: coin, united kingdom |
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| Friday, December 06, 2002 |
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