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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Coins, banknotes, medals, seals, numismatics
The Regina Turdulorum Hoard (Casas de Reina, Badajoz) was buried
with 818 imitative antoniniani of Divo Claudio type, minted in
copper. The vast majority of the coins bear the reverse legend
CONSECRATIO. This figure makes the Regina Turdulorum hoard one of
the most important in Spain and Portugal. In numismatic terms, the
most common reverse type is the funeral pyre, as opposed to the
eagle. In addition to this main group, there is a second group,
where there are curious imitations that follow various prototypes
for the manufacture of the reverse. The study of the posthumous
coinage of Claudius II and his imitations represents one of the
most complex tasks in ancient numismatics. The work is considerably
complicated by the fact that they are highly copied coins, which
means that regular issues are very difficult to distinguish from
the imitations. In this sense, the hoard provides vital information
for the western monetary circulation of the Roman Empire,
contributing to the debate on Gallic and African imitations. It
also opens the way to the hypothesis that Hispania may have been
another centre for issuing Divo Claudio imitations. Although the
latter remains to be proven, the tentative and open nature of this
book provides the opportunity to open new lines of study in the
hope that they will be resolved sooner rather than later.
The Beau Street Hoard is one of the most remarkable archaeological
discoveries ever to be made in Bath: the Roman town of Aquae Sulis.
The discovery captured the public imagination and it became the
focus for a major scientific investigation and a significant
learning and public engagement programme. Carefully excavated by
professional archaeologists the hoard was recovered intact and
removed to the British Museum for more detailed examination and
study. It was found to have been deposited in a cist in at least
eight bags. Micro-investigation of the hoard in a conservation
laboratory and further scientific analysis revealed more
fascinating details and information reported on here. The Beau
Street, Bath Hoard provides a thorough and complete publication and
analysis of the hoard, which is one of the largest yet found in a
Roman town in Britain. The high quality of the recovery and
investigation process means that it makes a significant
contribution to both archaeological and numismatic studies.
As the name indicates, KOINON is a journal that encourages
contributions to the study of classical numismatics from a wide
variety of perspectives. The journal will include papers concerning
iconography, die studies, provenance research, forgery analysis,
translations of excerpts from antiquarian works, specialized
bibliographies, corpora of rare varieties and types, ethical
questions on laws and collecting, book reviews, and more. The
editorial advisory board is made up of members from all over the
world, with a broad range of expertise covering virtually all the
major categories of classical numismatics from archaic Greek
coinage to late Medieval coinage. Table of contents for the
inaugural issue: Why a New Journal in Classical Numismatics? An
Editorial by Nicholas J. Molinari; GREEK NUMISMATICS; Sophocles'
Trachiniae and the Apotheosis of Herakles: The Importance of
Acheloios and Some Numismatic Confirmations - by Nicholas J.
Molinari; Provenance Lost and Found: Alfred Bourguignon - by John
Voukelatos; A Philip III Tetradrachm Die Pair Recycled by Seleukos
I - by Lloyd W.H. Taylor; Blundered Era Date on Coin of Arados,
Civic Year 119 - by Martin Rowe; ROMAN NUMISMATICS; Sotto l'egida
di Minerva: Echi monetali delle imprese britanniche da Cesare ai
Severi - by Luigi Pedroni; A Doubted Variety of M. Aemilius Scaurus
and P. Plautius Hypsaeus Vindicated - by Jordan Montgomery and
Richard Schaefer; Redating Nepotian's Usurpation and the Coinage of
Magnentius - by Shawn Caza; A previously unrecorded reverse for
Constantine I - by Victor Clark; The Dating and the Sequence of the
Persid Frataraka Revisited - by Wilhelm Museler; ORIENTAL
NUMISMATICS; The Kilwa Coins of Sultan al-Hasan ibn Sulayman in
their Historical Context - by N.J.C. Smith; An Introduction to
Parthian Silver Fractions, The Little Anomalies of Arsacid Coinage
- by Bob Langnas; An interesting denaro tornese of the Barons
Revolt of 1459-1464 and some considerations regarding Nicola II di
Monforte - by Andrei Bontas; A CATALOG OF NEW VARIETIES
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