ANCIENT NUMISMATICS
- Academic year
- 2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- NUMISMATICA ANTICA SP.
- Course code
- FM0141 (AF:363237 AR:190502)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-ANT/04
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
It has the purpose to guarantee to the students the advanced knowledge of monetary history in antiquity and ancient numismatics through the in-depth study of research techniques and of a specific topic in the monetary history of the ancient world; the knowledge of the methodology of research in ancient numismatics; the knowledge of the lexicon of the subject. It intends to guarantee the acquisition of cognitive abilities as sketch out a scientific research and practical abilities as be able to hand the results of scientific research over through the scientific communication. The students will develop research and didactical skills in the subject and acquire skills as critical approach during the evaluation of information and news, and understanding of events and cultural processes crucial in the constitution of the occidental identity.
The attainment of these goals assures to the student the cultural, disciplinary, methodological knowledge to enter the world of work in didactical, cultural, divulgation and communication-linked fields, according to his academic curriculum.
Expected learning outcomes
Pre-requirements
Foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand.
Contents
A specific research topic will be assigned to each participant.
Referral texts
- ARSLAN, E. (2017): «La moneta celtica in Italia settentrionale», in P. PIANA AGOSTINETTI (a cura di), Celti d’Italia, Roma, pp. 429-488.
- GORINI, G., (2014): «Nuove indagini sulle emissioni preromane dell'Italia Settentrionale nell'età del Ferro (IV-I sec. a.C.)», in P. Barral, J. P. Guillaumet, M. J. Roulière-Lambert et al. (eds.), Les Celtes et le Nord de l’Italie. Premier et Second Âges du fer. Actes du XXXVIe colloque international de l’AFEAF, Vérone, 17-20 mai 2012, Dijon, pp. 475-482.
- HASELGROVE C. (2006): «The impact of the Roman Conquest on indigenous coinages in Belgic Gaul and southern Britain», in P. de Jersey (ed.), Celtic Coinage: New Discoveries, New Discussion, Oxford, pp. 97-115.
- WIGG-WOLF, D. (2011): «The Function of Celtic Coinages in Northern Gaul», in García-Bellido, M. P., Callegarin, L., Jiménez Díaz, A. (eds.), Barter, money and coinage in the ancient mediterranean (10th-1st centuries BC), Madrid, pp. 301-341.
- Further literature will be given in class.
FOR NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- BIONDANI, F. (2019): «Il tempo delle monete (250-50 a.C.)», in G. Gambacurta, A. Ruta Serafini, I Celti e il Veneto. Storie di culture a confronto, Bologna, pp. 123-163.
- ARSLAN, E. (2017): «La moneta celtica in Italia settentrionale», in P. PIANA AGOSTINETTI (a cura di), Celti d’Italia, Roma, pp. 429-488.
- CORSI, J., LO GIUDICE, A., RE, A. et al. (2018): «Potentialities of X-ray fluorescence analysis in numismatics: the case study of pre-Roman coins from Cisalpine Gaul». Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10, pp. 431-438.
- GORINI, G., (2014): «Nuove indagini sulle emissioni preromane dell'Italia Settentrionale nell'età del Ferro (IV-I sec. a.C.)», in P. Barral, J. P. Guillaumet, M. J. Roulière-Lambert et al. (eds.), Les Celtes et le Nord de l’Italie. Premier et Second Âges du fer. Actes du XXXVIe colloque international de l’AFEAF, Vérone, 17-20 mai 2012, Dijon, pp. 475-482.
- HASELGROVE C. (2006): «The impact of the Roman Conquest on indigenous coinages in Belgic Gaul and southern Britain», in P. de Jersey (ed.), Celtic Coinage: New Discoveries, New Discussion, Oxford, pp. 97-115.
- HOWGEGO, C. (2013): «The Monetization of Temperate Europe», The Journal of Roman Studies 103, pp. 16-45.
- WIGG-WOLF, D. (2011): «The Function of Celtic Coinages in Northern Gaul», in García-Bellido, M. P., Callegarin, L., Jiménez Díaz, A. (eds.), Barter, money and coinage in the ancient mediterranean (10th-1st centuries BC), Madrid, pp. 301-341.
All foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand in order to discuss their study programmes for individual assessment.
Assessment methods
Through these exam the teacher verifies:
1) knowledge: acquisition of fundamental concepts and scientific lexicon of the subject and the methodology of numismatic research;
2) cognitive abilities: the application of the methodology of historical research with particular focus on the use of numismatic sources and on critical approach on bibliography about monetary history of the ancient world; the ability of analysis of historical processes related to ancient coinage and economy; practical abilities: identification and cataloguing of ancient artefacts (coins); communicative abilities, for the public history and scientific communication (selecting the contents, the ways of communication, the time)
3) skills: capability to analyze reality and information and to increase critical awareness of peculiarity of each historical period as for monetary history.
Each category of examination is judged according to a scale of thirty points, and the final mark is the result of the average of the points earned for each examination.
All foreign students are invited to contact the course tutor beforehand in order to discuss their study programmes for individual assessment.