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
	2025/2026

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-ANT/04	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

	Exam	Date	Session
	APPELLO DICEMBRE	19/12/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	GENERAL OBJECTIVE THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC SCIENTIFIC, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR USING NUMISMATIC DOCUMENTATION FROM THE GREEK AND ROMAN PERIODS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT: - THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COINS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE; - THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF COINS, THROUGH THE STUDY OF THEIR ICONOGRAPHIC AND WEIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR DISCOVERY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS; STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN TO RECOGNISE AND CLASSIFY NUMISMATIC FINDINGS WITH THE AID OF APPROPRIATE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO: - USE NUMISMATIC DOCUMENTATION IN RESEARCH FIELDS RELATED TO THE SCIENCES OF ANTIQUITY; - ADDRESS ISSUES OF PROTECTION AND VALORISATION OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS FROM EXCAVATIONS OR COLLECTIONS. AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT DURING THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO: - USE METHODOLOGIES SPECIFIC TO THE DISCIPLINE AND THUS DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT; - CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DISCIPLINE IN THE FIELD OF ANCIENT HISTORY. COMMUNICATION SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: - EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE LEARNED, ORALLY AND BY PREPARING POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS OR WRITTEN PAPERS; - CLEARLY COMPILE THE CATALOGUING SHEETS FOR MONETARY FINDINGS. LEARNING SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: - USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND CATALOGUING OF COINS; - CARRY OUT RESEARCH USING ANCIENT COINS IN THE FIELD OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY; - APPROACH THE STUDY OF OTHER DISCIPLINES IN THE FIELD OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND IN HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELDS OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY WITH APPROPRIATE CRITICAL TOOLS.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC SCIENTIFIC, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR USING NUMISMATIC DOCUMENTATION FROM THE GREEK AND ROMAN PERIODS AS A SOURCE OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT:
- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COINS FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE;
- THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF COINS, THROUGH THE STUDY OF THEIR ICONOGRAPHIC AND WEIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR DISCOVERY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS;
STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN TO RECOGNISE AND CLASSIFY NUMISMATIC FINDINGS WITH THE AID OF APPROPRIATE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO:
- USE NUMISMATIC DOCUMENTATION IN RESEARCH FIELDS RELATED TO THE SCIENCES OF ANTIQUITY;
- ADDRESS ISSUES OF PROTECTION AND VALORISATION OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS FROM EXCAVATIONS OR COLLECTIONS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
DURING THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO:
- USE METHODOLOGIES SPECIFIC TO THE DISCIPLINE AND THUS DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT;
- CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DISCIPLINE IN THE FIELD OF ANCIENT HISTORY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE LEARNED, ORALLY AND BY PREPARING POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS OR WRITTEN PAPERS;
- CLEARLY COMPILE THE CATALOGUING SHEETS FOR MONETARY FINDINGS.

LEARNING SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND CATALOGUING OF COINS;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH USING ANCIENT COINS IN THE FIELD OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY;
- APPROACH THE STUDY OF OTHER DISCIPLINES IN THE FIELD OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND IN HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELDS OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY WITH APPROPRIATE CRITICAL TOOLS.

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

	Contents
	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.

Contents

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
	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.

Verification of learning

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
	- 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. STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING THE COURSE ARE REQUIRED TO ADD TO THE REFERENCE TEXTS THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS PUBLISHED IN WILLIAM E. METCALF (ED.), THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINAGE, OXFORD 2012: PART I ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK COINAGE - JOHN H. KROLL (2 THE MONETARY BACKGROUND OF EARLY COINAGE) - PETER G. VAN ALFEN (5 THE COINAGE OF ATHENS, SIXTH TO FIRST CENTURY B.C.) - KENNETH SHEEDY (6 AEGINA, THE CYCLADES, AND CRETE) - N. K. RUTTER (7 THE COINAGE OF ITALY) - WOLFGANG FISCHER-BOSSERT (8 THE COINAGE OF SICILY) PART II THE HELLENISTIC WORLD -FRANÇOIS DE CALLATAŸ (10 ROYAL HELLENISTIC COINAGES: FROM ALEXANDER TO MITHRADATES); PART III THE ROMAN WORLD -ANDREW BURNETT (16 EARLY ROMAN COINAGE AND ITS ITALIAN CONTEXT) -BERNHARD E. WOYTEK (17 THE DENARIUS COINAGE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC) -REINHARD WOLTERS (18 THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS) -IAN CARRADICE (20 FLAVIAN COINAGE) -MARTIN BECKMANN (22 TRAJAN AND HADRIAN) -LIV MARIAH YARROW (23 ANTONINE COINAGE) -RICHARD ABDY (27 THE SEVERANS) -ROGER BLAND (28 FROM GORDIAN III TO THE GALLIC EMPIRE (AD 238–274)) -SYLVIANE ESTIOT (29 THE LATER THIRD CENTURY) -RICHARD ABDY (31 TETRARCHY AND THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE)

Texts

- 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.

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- 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.

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING THE COURSE ARE REQUIRED TO ADD TO THE REFERENCE TEXTS THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS PUBLISHED IN WILLIAM E. METCALF (ED.), THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINAGE, OXFORD 2012:
PART I ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK COINAGE
- JOHN H. KROLL (2 THE MONETARY BACKGROUND OF EARLY COINAGE)
- PETER G. VAN ALFEN (5 THE COINAGE OF ATHENS, SIXTH TO FIRST CENTURY B.C.)
- KENNETH SHEEDY (6 AEGINA, THE CYCLADES, AND CRETE)
- N. K. RUTTER (7 THE COINAGE OF ITALY)
- WOLFGANG FISCHER-BOSSERT (8 THE COINAGE OF SICILY)
PART II THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
-FRANÇOIS DE CALLATAŸ (10 ROYAL HELLENISTIC COINAGES: FROM ALEXANDER TO MITHRADATES);
PART III THE ROMAN WORLD
-ANDREW BURNETT (16 EARLY ROMAN COINAGE AND ITS ITALIAN CONTEXT)
-BERNHARD E. WOYTEK (17 THE DENARIUS COINAGE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC)
-REINHARD WOLTERS (18 THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS)
-IAN CARRADICE (20 FLAVIAN COINAGE)
-MARTIN BECKMANN (22 TRAJAN AND HADRIAN)
-LIV MARIAH YARROW (23 ANTONINE COINAGE)
-RICHARD ABDY (27 THE SEVERANS)
-ROGER BLAND (28 FROM GORDIAN III TO THE GALLIC EMPIRE (AD 238–274))
-SYLVIANE ESTIOT (29 THE LATER THIRD CENTURY)
-RICHARD ABDY (31 TETRARCHY AND THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE)

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