Giacomo PARDINI | COINS IN GREECE AND ROME
Giacomo PARDINI COINS IN GREECE AND ROME
cod. 0322200065
COINS IN GREECE AND ROME
| 0322200065 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF7 | |
| ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ANT/04 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC KNOWLEDGE (THEORETICAL AND PRATICAL) ABOUT THE ANCIENT NUMISMATICS WITH THE PURPOSE OF TO USE THE NUMISMATIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ANCIENT HISTORY. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. |
| Contents | |
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| FEATURES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS: TYPES, MINTING AND MINTS, WEIGTH STANDARDS. COINS INTO CIRCULATION; PURPOSE OF COINAGE. INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE PRESENT DIRECTION OF THE NUMISMATIC RESEARCHS. NUMISMATICS AND ARCHAELOGY: THE STUDIES OF THE COIN FINDS; THE METHOD FOR THE COIN CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING (ORE 30 LECTURES). DURING THIS COURSE, THE STUDENTS WILL CATALOG GREEK AND ROMAN COINS UNDER FACULTY GUIDANCE. AT THE END OF THIS PRACTICAL UNIT, THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ANCIENT COINS, CATALOGUE THEM AND FILL NU FORMS, AND USE THE MAIN NUMISMATIC CATALOGUES. METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL TOPICS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS FROM COMPLEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| LECTURES; CATALOGUING'S LESSONS AND PRACTISES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS, PRACTISES OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAMINATION WITH AN ASSESSMENT IN THIRTIETHS. THE EXAMINATION INCLUDES AN ORAL TEST, LASTING APPROXIMATELY 30/40 MINUTES, DURING WHICH QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE MONETARY HISTORY OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN PERIODS WILL BE ASKED; THE STUDENT WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HE/SHE IS ABLE TO RECOGNISE AND READ AN ANCIENT COIN AND THAT HE/SHE HAS ACQUIRED THE SCIENTIFIC, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTIONS TO USE NUMISMATIC DOCUMENTATION AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. THE MINIMUM MARK TO PASS THE EXAM IS 18/30 AND WILL BE AWARDED TO THE STUDENT WHO SHOWS A GENERIC KNOWLEDGE OF NUMISMATICS, BUT A LIMITED ABILITY TO FOCUS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC ISSUES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND A POOR ABILITY TO PLACE THE COIN IN ITS HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT. HONOURS MAY BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE A MAXIMUM MARK OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE COMPLETE MASTERY OF NUMISMATIC RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS OF MONETARY DOCUMENTATION AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. |
| Texts | |
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| - F. BARELLO, ARCHEOLOGIA DELLA MONETA. PRODUZIONE E UTILIZZO NELL'ANTICHITÀ, ED. CAROCCI, ROMA 2014. OR - R. CANTILENA, LA MONETA IN GRECIA E A ROMA. APPUNTI DI NUMISMATICA ANTICA, ED. MONDUZZI, BOLOGNA 2008. --- - A. SAVIO, MONETE ROMANE, EDITORIALE JOUVENCE, MILANO 2002 FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF COINS AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE AND FOR THE STUDY OF COIN FINDS: - CH. HOWGEGO, LA STORIA ANTICA ATTRAVERSO LE MONETE, ED. QUASAR, ROMA 2002 (TRAD. IT. DI ANCIENT HISTORY FROM COINS, LONDON 1995). - A. ROVELLI, NUMISMATICA E ARCHEOLOGIA, IN R. FRANCOVICH E D. MANACORDA (A CURA DI), DIZIONARIO DI ARCHEOLOGIA. TEMI, CONCETTI, METODI, ED. LATERZA, BARI 2000, PP. 206-2. |
| More Information | |
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| CLASS ATTENDANCE IS RECOMMENDED. |
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