Roman Coins: History in Your Hand
In short: Roman coins served as a primary medium for mass communication, disseminating imperial messages and political propaganda across the empire through mass-produced imagery and inscriptions.
A 2:13 short film in the series “The Collector's Mind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Cambridge University Press, “Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World”; University of Oxford, “Mass communication before printing: coin circulation in the Roman world”; University of Oxford, “Niederhuber_2019_Imperial_portrait_practice.pdf”; Cambridge University Press, “Tracking liquid savings at Pompeii: the coin hoard data | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core”; Academia.edu, “A metals analysis of silver Roman imperial coins using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy”; Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, “Antiquities & Archaeological Materials – Mount Holyoke College Art Museum”.
Sources used in this film
- Cambridge University Press — Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World · View →
- University of Oxford — Mass communication before printing: coin circulation in the Roman world · View →
- University of Oxford — Niederhuber_2019_Imperial_portrait_practice.pdf · View →
- Cambridge University Press — Tracking liquid savings at Pompeii: the coin hoard data | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core · View →
- Academia.edu — A metals analysis of silver Roman imperial coins using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy · View →
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum — Antiquities & Archaeological Materials – Mount Holyoke College Art Museum · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Cambridge University Press: Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World
- Also: University of Oxford: Mass communication before printing: coin circulation in the Roman world
- Also: University of Oxford: Niederhuber_2019_Imperial_portrait_practice.pdf
- Also: Cambridge University Press: Tracking liquid savings at Pompeii: the coin hoard data | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core
- Also: Academia.edu: A metals analysis of silver Roman imperial coins using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
- Also: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: Antiquities & Archaeological Materials – Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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