Pocket Change
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One way to study numismatic objects is through the lens of the anthropological/archaeological concept of object biography. A helpful guide from Stanford University defines it as follows: “Object biography is a methodology that goes beyond provenance research to create close, contextual consideration of the shifting relationships of things and people as they circulate into and out of different social situations.”
When it comes to ancient coins, archaeology provides the best insights to their ancient “biographies,” because archaeologists can record various related geographical, material, and depositional relationships. This information helps recreate the end (at least) of these objects’ past “lives” and user…
Heath’s microscope and one of his counterfeit detectors.
The ANS Library and Archives recently acquired an interesting little gadget—one of Laban…
Everyone loves to find coins in unexpected places. There is always a certain thrill that comes from discovering those dropped…
Since repatriating the die shells of the Medallic Art Co. (MACO), organizing and cataloguing these pieces has become a curatorial…
For the 2022 ANS Gala in honor of David Hendin, we commissioned a short film by Pascal Perich that…
Representations of architecture on Roman coins have long been studied by scholars interested in retrieving information about ancient monuments,…
One of the more fascinating aspects of the American Numismatic Society’s eBay store are the numismatic stories that come with…
Figure 1. Mashiko and the American Medalists in Paris exhibit.
One of the joys of living in New York City is…
by Alice Sharpless
This blog post is a preliminary version of an article to be submitted for peer review. Comments and…
by Liv M. Yarrow and Alice Sharpless
This post announces the third data release from the Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP)….
This essay is being written on December 31, 2021, to be posted on January 4, 2022. It seems like a…
December 28, 2021. I spend a lot of time thinking about the significance and intent behind certain images on ancient…
Charles Ira Bushnell
A couple of months ago, friend and fellow numismatic researcher Joel Orosz sent me a news clipping containing…