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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 in a Roman World—now at the printer! The volumes catalog the Richard B. Witschonke collection, showcasing 3,727 coins that hold great historical and numismatic value and provide a critical prologue to the study of Roman provincial coinage. Carbone will focus on the coinage issued in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, and will discuss Syrian posthumous Philippi, Thracian, Macedonian and Athenian tetradrachms (including unique overstrikes), Asian, Cilician, and Cretan cistophori. She will also address the enigmatic “Fleet Coinage” and…

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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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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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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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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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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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Long Table 168. Knossos, Crete. Coins, History, and Economies: Old...
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Long Table 168. Knossos, Crete. Coins, History, and Economies: Old Data in a New Perspective

Claudia Devoto (Università di Roma La Sapienza) will present her research on the coinage of Knossos, reviewing the coin…

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Long Table 166. Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second...
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Long Table 166. Local Coinages in a Roman World, Second Century BC–First Century AD

The Andrew M. Burnett Associate Curator of Roman Numismatics at the ANS, Lucia Carbone, will discuss Local Coinages in…

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Long Table 165. Benjamin Franklin’s Money: A Financial Life of...
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Long Table 165. Benjamin Franklin’s Money: A Financial Life of the First American

Among the founders of the United States, Benjamin Franklin can hardly be mentioned without conjuring some idea of American…

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Long Table 164. Roman Gold Coinage from the Second Punic...
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Long Table 164. Roman Gold Coinage from the Second Punic War to the Flavians From An Archaeometric Perspective

Maryse Blet-Lemarquand and Arnaud Suspène (Université d’Orléans) will present their analysis of a large data set of Roman and…

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Long Table 163. The Silver Coinage of Carausius (AD 286-93)
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Long Table 163. The Silver Coinage of Carausius (AD 286-93)

Sam Moorhead, who recently retired as the National Finds Adviser for Ancient Coins in the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) at…

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Long Table 162. Why Collect Forgeries? The Dies and the...
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Long Table 162. Why Collect Forgeries? The Dies and the Story of Carl Wilhelm Becker

Every major coin collection possesses a collection of forgeries. Bernhard Weisser (Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) will present the coin dies…

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