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January 28: What is money: Terms, methods, and issues.
READINGS:
- M. Crawford, "Numismatics," in The Sources for
Ancient History, Cambridge: Cambridge UP 1983, 185-233.
- W. Metcalf, "Coins as primary evidence," Roman
Coins and Public Life, 1-17.
February 4: The spread of money
READINGS:
- M. Thomas, "Why did the Greek Polis Originally
Need Coins?" Historia 1996
- C. Kraay, "Hoards, Small Change, and the origins of coinage,"
JHS 1964
February 11: The uses of money
READINGS:
- M. K. Rutter, "Early Greek Coinage and the influence
of hte Athenian state," in B. Cunliffe (ed.) Coinage
and Society in Britain and Gaul, London: Council for British
Archaeology 1981, 1-9.
- K. Polany, "The semantics of money-uses," in G.
Dalton (ed.) Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies,
Graden City: Doubleday Anchor 1968, 175-203
- C. Howgego, "The supply and use of money in the Roman
world 200 BC to AD 300," JRS 1982: 82.1-31.
February 18: Archaic and Classical Greece: The coinages
of Aegina, Athens, and Tarentum.
READINGS:
- Excerpt: C. Kraay Archaic and Classical Greek Coins,
London: Methuen 1976.
- Howgego 38-46
SOURCEBOOKS:
- C. M. Kraay, Coins of Ancient Athens, Newcastle upon
Tyne:Corbitt and Hunter, 1968
- Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Attica-Megaris-Aegina,
1888.
February 25: The Roman coinage, 250 BCE-250 CE. Practicum
on identifying Roman Republican coins
READINGS:
- A, Burnett, Coinage in the Roman World, London: Seaby
1987. 1-104.
SOURCEBOOKS:
- M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, New York:
Cambridge UP 1974.
- Roman Imperial Coinage, vol 1, London: Spink 1984.
Draft of Paper 1 due
March 4: Types of Roman Coins
READINGS:
- A. Burnett, "Buildings and monuments on Roman coins,"
Roman Coins and Public Life 137-164
- D. Fishwick, "Coinage and cult: the provincial monuments
at Lugdunum, Tarraco, and Emerita," Roman Coins and
Public Life 95-121.
Spring Break
March 25: Propaganda and Augustus.
READINGS:
- A. Wallace-Hadrill, "Image and Authority on the coinage
of Augustus" JRS 1986.
- B. M. Levick, "Messages on the Roman coinage" Roman
Coins and Public Life 41-60.
Final Copy of Paper 1 due
April 1: Discussion of Papers; Practicum on identifying
Roman imperial coins
READINGS: Z. Klawans, "Identifying Roman Coins," in
Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, New York:
Harris 1995.
- Z. Klawans, "Identifying Roman Coins," in Handbook
of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, New York: Harris 1995.
- B. M. Levick, "Messages on the Roman coinage" Roman
Coins and Public Life 41-60.
April 8: Coin Hoards and Clusters. Class Exhibit Discussion.
READINGS:
- R. Duncan-Jones, Money and Government in the Roman Empire,
Cambridge: Cambridge UP 1994. 65-94
- M. Crawford, "Coin hoards and the pattern of violence
in the Late Republic," PBSR 1969 37.76-81.
April 15: The Later Roman Empire
READINGS: A, Burnett, Coinage in the Roman World, 105-160.
Attendance at the Robert Lehman Art Lecture by William
Metcalf is required.
Coin ID's due; Draft of class wall
text due
April 22: Studying the Economy
READINGS:
- R. Duncan-Jones, "The monetization of the Roman
economy," Roman Coins and Public Life 61-82.
- P. Bruun, "Coins and the Roman imperial government,"
Roman Coins and Public Life 19-40.
April 29: Personal Exhibit Reports.
May 6: Personal Exhibit Reports.
Final exhibit due on first day of finals.
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