ANCIENT NUMISMATICS

Course objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Ancient Numismatics, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way. In particular, the course aims at introducing students to the understanding of the history of the object currency, in its progress in the different cultures of the ancient Mediterranean.

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ANNALISA POLOSA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to numismatics; introduction to economic history; methodology and tools; history of coinage (Asia Minor, Greece and the Greek world; Rome and the Roman world); case studies.
Prerequisites
no precondition required
Books
1 handbook to be chosen between: R. Cantilena, La moneta in Grecia e a Roma. Appunti di Numismatica antica, Bologna (Monduzzi) 2008. F. Barello, Archeologia della moneta. Produzione e utilizzo nell'antichità, Roma (Carocci) 2006). Further reading related with case studies or students’ individual projects will be provided during the course.
Frequency
Not mandatory. Students not attending the course are required to agree an alternative program with the teacher.
Exam mode
Assessment takes place at the end of the course through a seminar discussion on topics agreed upon with the teacher, and through a final oral exam designed to verify the student's acquisition of knowledge in the field of economic and monetary history of the ancient world.
Lesson mode
Lectures and seminars I semester LT Scienze Archeologiche, Numismatica Antica (1026090) TUE– THU 8-12, aula E from 10/11/25 to 20/12/25
ANNALISA POLOSA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to numismatics; introduction to economic history; methodology and tools; history of coinage (Asia Minor, Greece and the Greek world; Rome and the Roman world); case studies.
Prerequisites
no precondition required
Books
1 handbook to be chosen between: R. Cantilena, La moneta in Grecia e a Roma. Appunti di Numismatica antica, Bologna (Monduzzi) 2008. F. Barello, Archeologia della moneta. Produzione e utilizzo nell'antichità, Roma (Carocci) 2006). Further reading related with case studies or students’ individual projects will be provided during the course.
Frequency
Not mandatory. Students not attending the course are required to agree an alternative program with the teacher.
Exam mode
Assessment takes place at the end of the course through a seminar discussion on topics agreed upon with the teacher, and through a final oral exam designed to verify the student's acquisition of knowledge in the field of economic and monetary history of the ancient world.
Lesson mode
Lectures and seminars I semester LT Scienze Archeologiche, Numismatica Antica (1026090) TUE– THU 8-12, aula E from 10/11/25 to 20/12/25
  • Lesson code1026090
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CoursePhilology, literatures and history of the ancient world
  • CurriculumStorico e medievistico
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDL-ANT/04
  • CFU6