Coins and Money

 

Money and Economy

  • Coins and Money
  • Occupations
  • Banking

     

     

    This page created by Bob Cape.

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    RESOURCES

  • Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins
    http://vcrc.austincollege.edu
    A searchable catalog of over 1,500 Roman coins with images, descriptions, historical information, and links to scholarly resources.

  • Doug Smith's Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
    http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dougsmit/
    An educational site developed by a ancient coin collector. Numerous sort essays on various Roman coins and aspects of ancient coins.

  • Bearers of Meaning: The Ottilia Buerger Collection at Lawrence University
    http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/buerger/
    A collection of ancient coins around which a short history of Rome is written.

  • Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage, by David R. Sear.
    http://www.ece.iit.edu/~prh/coins/PiN/rc.html
    An authoritive essay on the history of Roman coins from a professional numismatist.

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    EXERCISES

  • Roman Coin Gods
    Examining the images of Roman gods on coins to learn how to identify them by pose, epithets, and attributes. Includes an identification quiz to test the student's progress.

    • A resource for students and teachers, created at the Austin College Summer Institute for Foreign Languages, funded by the Sid W. Richardson Foundation of Ft. Worth, Texas. This material may be used for educational purposes but may not be sold (©2002). For information and inquiries, please contact Prof. Robert W. Cape, Jr. (rcape@austincollege.edu).