12986 - Numismatics (1)

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to utilize  the great amount of  data that the monetary source offers  for the historical reading of a territory and  the interpretation of   archaeological contexts. Moreover they will acquire  critical notions  to read monetary iconography as fundamental politic, religious and artistic source. Students will learn how  to identify and date coins of various periods and how to create repertories and data bases.

Course contents

1)  Coins as historical sources and archaeological finds.

2)  Coin circulation, coin hoarding, votive offerings:  various ways to utilize an economic medium.

3) Coin types and the language of images.

Students who  cannot  follow lessons must contact the teacher for further reading.

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Ercolani Cocchi E., a cura di, Dal baratto all'euro. La storia della moneta dalle origini ai giorni nostri, CD Rom e volume, Firenze, Edolimpia, 2003.

Ercolani Cocchi E., Un'economia monetaria in Storia dell'economia mondiale, vol. I, a cura di V.Castronovo, Bari 1996, pp. 175 - 192.

Ercolani Cocchi E., La numismatica, in G.Poma, a cura di, Le fonti per la storia antica, Il Mulino, Bologna 2008.

Ercolani E. - Morelli A. - Neri D., a cura di, Romanizzazione e moneta. La testimonianza dei rinvenimenti dall'Emilia Romagna. Quaderni di Archeologia dell'Emilia Romagna 10, Firenze 2004.

Teaching methods

During lessons the teacher will explain main features and functions of ancient coinage and its history from the beginning to the late antiquity, with  examples related to its interpretation in  historical and archaeological context.

Lessons will be held about using catalogues to identify coins and about compiling informatic records

 

Assessment methods

The final proof is an oral exam to ascertain that  during lessons students acquired and understood arguments and methods and that thy are able to utilize them from a critical point of wiew. The teacher will ask to recognise and to date coins and  ensembles which have been illustrated during the lessons or in suggested bibliography

Teaching tools

Video projector, enlightened board; PC; Laboratory with computers, Repertories and Catalogues (Ancient History Department' s Library). Photocopies of images, tables and sources.

 Students can attend laboratory "Coins and Computer",Corso di Laurea in Storia 2 CFU,  Lettere 5 CFU. 

At the address: http://www.numismatica.unibo.it , one can find informations about lectures, seminars, and exhibitions.

 

Office hours

See the website of Emanuela Ercolani