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Rome and the Coinages of the Mediterranean

@RomeCoin

A 5 year ERC research project analysing all major silver coinage 200 BCE - 64 CE led by Professor Kevin Butcher @ClassicsWarwick

 University of Warwick, UK
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/dept_projects/racom/
Joined September 2019
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Warwick Arts: Research & Impact@UoWFoA_Res_Imp3 Apr 2024
On Thurs 18th April 2024 (18:00-19:00) Clare Rowan (@ClassicsWarwick) is giving a public lecture @UofGlasgow on: "The Roman World in 10 Tokens" @hunterian, as part of her ongoing collaboration with the museum around their collection Register (free): eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-roman…
The Roman World in 10 Tokens

The Roman World in 10 Tokens

Join guest speaker Dr. Clare Rowan in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall for this exclusive event

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Mairi Gkikaki@MairiGkikaki4 Mar 2024
Wonderful talk delivered by Margeuerite Spoerri Butcher for Les Recontres Numismatiques in Athens. Thank you, Marguerite! #numismatique @ClassicsWarwick
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Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology at Liv Uni@LivAncWorlds20 Sep 2023
Focussing on mints rather than mines, silver coinage of Imperial Rome is investigated using the elemental compositions of over 1000 coins. Linked to the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) and Open Access at: ow.ly/qJ2350PNp6S
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Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology at Liv Uni@LivAncWorlds15 Sep 2023
Crisis? What Crisis? A recent article by Jonathan Wood, Matthew Ponting and Kevin Butcher provides evidence that recycling silver was as significant as debasement of silver coinage during the Roman Republic. Open access at: ow.ly/P7nn50PLCs1
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Dario Calomino@DarioCalomino2 Jul 2023
very proud of the @RespProject team for organising this and looking forward to it @ERC_Research
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Julien Olivier@JulienOlivier4524 Apr 2023
Une #star👨‍🎤 du médaillier #grec de @laBnF, en couverture du #Seleucid #Coins II📖. Tétradrachme d'Antiochos IV à Ptolemaïs, vers 170-168 av. J.-C. #Greek #numismatics
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Liv Mariah Yarrow@profyarrow22 Apr 2023
Blushing ☺️
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After watching @profyarrow 's talk at @RACOM this week I couldn't help but get myself a little treat at #CA2023
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Julien Olivier@JulienOlivier456 Mar 2023
Le lien vers la #monnaie sur @GallicaBnF : gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bt…
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La Bibliothèque nationale de France@laBnF7 Feb 2023
👀Vous avez sous les yeux l’une des monnaies de bronze les plus lourdes jamais frappées pour une impératrice romaine ! 🪙 C’est un double sesterce d'Étruscille (249-251), épouse de l’empereur romain Trajan Dèce, qui porte une coiffure typique du IIIe siècle ⤵
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Rome and the Coinages of the Mediterranean@RomeCoin12 May 2021
Dr Matthew Ponting @LivAncWorlds reports that the RACOM project has completed the analysis of 1,000 coins - the 1,000th being a denarius of L. Hostilius Saserna (RRC 448/1a) from the collection of the @Muenzkabinett, Winterthur
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Today 1 June 1943. Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses British troops in the old Roman amphitheater at Carthage, Tunisia.
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Dr Tom Elliot@t_elliot13 Dec 2021
I think all of us in the @RomeCoin project would love to investigate these coins in detail 😋
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Dr Tom Elliot@t_elliot5 Oct 2021
Visited @isisneutronmuon today to start thinking about what I'll be doing for the @RomeCoin project. Mad scientist look ☑️ #archaeology
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Department of Classics & Ancient History, Warwick@ClassicsWarwick31 Jul 2020
so WHAT was going on with #Caligula and his sisters? Join Kevin Butcher for an exploration of a very important #coin to find out more! youtube.com/watch?v=Nciau35L…
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token_communities@ancient_tokens24 Jul 2020
#coins also feature! ;-) #Numismatics
Department of Classics & Ancient History, Warwick (@ClassicsWarwick) profile pictureDepartment of Classics & Ancient History, Warwick@ClassicsWarwick24 Jul 2020
Missing your summer holiday travel? Why not journey to the Temples of #Baalbek in #Lebanon with Kevin Butcher right now? youtu.be/v6Fqx6KHrzU
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Department of Classics & Ancient History, Warwick@ClassicsWarwick24 Oct 2019
thinking about doing a PhD?? A handy list of funding and deadlines in the department available here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class…
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