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Pocket Change is the official blog of the American Numismatic Society.
Dr. Lucia Carbone the Andrew M. Burnett Assistant Curator of Roman Numismatics, will discuss the appearance of portraits of living women on Roman and Provincial Coinage in the late Republic and early Roman Empire and their connection (or not) with former representation of Hellenistic queens on coinage.
By Jérôme Jambu, Visiting Professor, Eric P. Newman Graduate Summer Seminar in Numismatics. Professor of Modern History, University of Lille…
by Scott H. Miller, ANS Life Fellow
In our early twenty-first century world, where performance is often seen digitally, we tend…
I was talking with ANS fellow Scott Miller recently and mentioned to him an article I was working on about…
When surrounded by as many objects as exist within the hallowed halls of an institution like the American Numismatic Society,…
Millions of Americans who identify as part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex , and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community,…
Engraving of a Higley Copper from Sylvester S. Crosby’s The Early Coins of America (1875)
The grammatical first person singular has…
We refer to the period between Thanksgiving and New Year as the holiday season. In addition to a concentration of…
planchet covers
The American Numismatic Society launched its podcast, The Planchet, in 2020. Free to listen to online or via podcasting…
This week Pocket Change features new books from the ANS that you might have missed. Today, we highlight Martin Beckmann’s…
This week, the ANS continues to highlight new books you might have missed. Today features Syd Martin’s massive monograph and…
For the week of May 15, Pocket Change will highlight new books that you might have missed, starting with The…