29626 - Numismatics (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to use coins as historical source and archaeological evidence critically reading their characteristics in various periods and geographical areas. They will be able to interpret  ideological aspects of numismatic iconography in the light of political and technical rules accord which they are chosen. They will be able to use data for scientific research or to divulgate cultural heritage in the context of  territory's history.

Course contents

• The method of numismatic research
• Classification of materials

Focus on:

• Roman coins as expression of imperial ideology: the iconographic lexicon
• Roman coin jewellery

 

Readings/Bibliography

F. Barello, Archeologia della moneta. Produzione e utilizzo nell'antichità, Roma 2006.

A.L. Morelli, Madri di uomini e di dèi. La rappresentazione della maternità attraverso la documentazione numismatica di epoca romana, Bologna 2009.

A.L. Morelli, E. Filippini, Divinizzazioni femminili nella prima età imperiale. Analisi della documentazione numismatica, in T. Gnoli, F. Muccioli (a cura di), Apotheosis: Becoming God between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Ravenna, 15-17 marzo 2012.

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

Further reading for students who cannot follow the lessons:

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, 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.

Teaching methods

• Frontal lessons.
• Direct analysis of Roman coins.
• Pratical exercises on 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