29626 - Numismatics (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to use the great amount of data that the numismatic evidence offers for the historical reading of a territory and  for the interpretation of the archaeological context. They will obtain all the critical notions necessary to interpret numismatic iconography as a fundamental source for the study of politic, religious and artistic history. Students will learn how to identify and date coins of various periods and how to create repertories and databases.

Course contents

• Coinage in ancient world: features and functions.
• Outline of ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics.
• Numismatic evidence in historical research.
• Focus on: La moneta romana come espressione dell'ideologia imperiale: le largizioni imperiali e l'oreficeria monetale romana.

Readings/Bibliography

C. Howgego,  La storia antica attraverso le monete, Roma 2002 (particularly Capp. 1-4).

A.L. Morelli, La patera di Rennes: analisi numismatica, in I. Baldini Lippolis, A.L. Morelli (a cura di), Oggetti-simbolo. Produzione, uso e significato nel mondo antico, Bologna 2011, pp. 105-128.

A.L. Morelli, La moneta nelle elargizioni pubbliche e private tra IV e VI secolo d.C., in M. David (a cura di), Eburnea Diptycha. I dittici d'avorio tra Antichità e Medioevo, Bari 2007, pp. 267-295.

A.L. Morelli , E. Filippini, Quale ruolo per le zecche? Considerazioni su alcuni piatti di largizione imperiale, in I. Baldini, A.L. Morelli (a cura di), Luoghi, artigiani e modi di produzione nell'oreficeria antica, Bologna 2012, pp. 69-94.

Notes from lessons.

Further reading for students who cannot follow the lessons:

A.L. Morelli, Il gioiello monetale in età romana, in I. Baldini Lippolis, M.T. Guaitoli (a cura di), Oreficeria antica e medievale. Tecniche, produzione, società, Bologna 2009, pp. 79-101.

Teaching methods

• Frontal lessons.
• Direct analysis of Roman coins.
• Pratical exercises in reading, identifying and cataloguing of numismatic materials.
  

Assessment methods

During the Course: check through practical tests on ancient coins.

Final examination: examination on teaching modules listed above, in order to verify critical and methodological skills gained by the student. The student will be required to make connections between several distinct numismatic contexts, showing analytical and historical skills. Will be assessed with a mark of excellence the acquired ownership of the technical language and the ability to use the numismatic evidence as historical source.

Teaching tools

Lessons with video projector and pratical exercises on Roman materials with use of repertories, catalogues and informatic sources for the historical interpretation of the numismatic documents.

At the URL <http://www.numismatica.unibo.it> can be found information about lessons, seminars and exhibitions.

Links to further information

http://www.numismatica.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Anna Morelli