Pocket Change

Collectively branded as Pocket Change, the ANS publishes new content frequently on its blog, in The Planchet podcast, as well as videos. Back-issues of ANS Magazine are also available.

Images of Cataclysm and Renewal on British Celtic Coins
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Images of Cataclysm and Renewal on British Celtic Coins

Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)

British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for their depictions of horses, chariots, and sun gods (Fig. 1). While these motifs appear on the vast majority of coins, they were far from the only subjects selected by the ancient Britons. Boars, bulls, stags, wolves, ravens, waterfowl, and cranes all make appearances. Humanoid figures, sometimes even antlered or horned, appear in greater numbers as the kingdoms of Southeastern Britain had more direct and frequent contact with the Roman world. Importantly, these images did not exist in isolation. Contextualizing the…

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More Republican Issues Added to RRDP
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More Republican Issues Added to RRDP
By Alice Sharpless

Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.

Another batch of Roman…

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Long Table 173. Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second...
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Long Table 173. Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second Century BC–First Century AD: The East

Lucia Carbone, ANS Andrew M. Burnett Associate Curator of Roman Numismatics, will discuss her new two-volume publication Local Coinages…

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Long Table 172. NUMMI DIGITALI: The Coin Cabinet Of Archaeological...
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Long Table 172. NUMMI DIGITALI: The Coin Cabinet Of Archaeological Museum “A. Salinas” Of Palermo

NUMMI DIGITALI is a project that aims to expand the access to the numismatic collection at the Museum “A….

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Local Coinages in a Roman World is at the printer!
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Local Coinages in a Roman World is at the printer!
By Lucia Carbone

For the fact that the Romans did not export their own coinage into the Greek world does not mean that…

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Long Table 167. Reevaluation of Cretan Drachm Overstrikes on Kyrenaika...
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Long Table 167. Reevaluation of Cretan Drachm Overstrikes on Kyrenaika Coins

Certain drachms from the Cretan cities of Gortyna, Phalasarna, and Polyrrhenia were overstruck on Kyrenaika coins. These drachm types,…

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Love, Bound (Justly?)
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Love, Bound (Justly?)
By The American Numismatic Society

Austin Goodwin Andrews

Valentine’s Day greeting cards popularly depict archer babies with wings as symbols of romance. This strange iconography ultimately…

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Long Table 171. Overview of So-Called Dollars: The Stories They...
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Long Table 171. Overview of So-Called Dollars: The Stories They Have to Tell

From the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Industrial Exposition of All Nations through the 1964 New York World’s Fair,…

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Nation of Celestial Space Documents Added to ANS Archives
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Nation of Celestial Space Documents Added to ANS Archives
By David Hill

Detail from Celestia envelope (ANS Archives).

We received some interesting documents for the ANS Archives along with some numismatic items donated…

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Long Table 170. The Imperial Coinage of Nerva, Part 1:...
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Long Table 170. The Imperial Coinage of Nerva, Part 1: Nerva as Supreme Military Commander

In the first of a three-part series that will explore the messages, audiences, and relative frequencies of Nerva’s imperial…

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2024 Annual Gala honoring Mark Salzberg
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2024 Annual Gala honoring Mark Salzberg
By Caitlin Smith

Guests attend the cocktail hour.

On Thursday, January 11, 2024, more than 150 friends of the American Numismatic Society (ANS)…

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Long Table 169. Ships, Shipwrecks and Medals in the 17th...
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Long Table 169. Ships, Shipwrecks and Medals in the 17th Century

The 17th century saw an enormous increase in seaborne trade not just in the regions around Europe, but between…

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Naufraga Reperta: Medals of Shipwrecks in the 17th Century
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Naufraga Reperta: Medals of Shipwrecks in the 17th Century
By Peter van Alfen

Figure 1: Silver medal issued in 1629 commemorating the capture of a Spanish treasure fleet by the Dutch Admiral Piet…

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