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Cataclysm and Renewal on British Celtic Coins
By Ryan Sullivan for American Numismatic Society (ANS)...... British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for their depictions of horses, chariots, and sun gods (Fig. 1)....
More Roman Republican Coin Issues Added to RRDP
By Alice Sharpless for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... Another batch of Roman Republican coin types has just been released to the Roman Republican Die...
Naufraga Reperta: Shipwreck Medals in the 17th Century
By Peter van Alfen for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... As long as there have been shipwrecks, there have been attempts to salvage the cargo...
Changes in the Use of Roman Money: Long Table 155 With Maria Cristina Molinari
Hoards dating to the third century BCE and associated with the establishment of sacred spaces have been found throughout the Romanized areas of the...
Roman Republican Die Project Announces New Phase, Conference
The Roman Republican Die Project (RRDP), a digital repository of Roman republican coin dies based on the archive of Dr. Richard Schaefer, has announced...
Medieval Money at the Morgan Library
By David Yoon for the American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... As previous posts have mentioned, some of the best opportunities to see objects from our...
Roman Coins, Silver Bullion, and the Via Domitia: Long Table 153 With Charles Parisot-Sillon
Roman coins from the provinces are usually associated with the Imperial era. In this Long Table from the American Numismatic Society (ANS), Charles Parisot-Sillon,...
Civic Coins and Colonies in the Roman Provinces: Long Table 152 With Robyn Le...
In this Long Table from the American Numismatic Society (ANS), Assistant Professor Robyn Le Blanc from the Department of Classical Studies at the University...
Coinage of the Americas Conference (COAC) 2023 Recap
By Dr. Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... On Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23, 2023, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) held...
The ANS’s Paul Revere Medal
By David Hill for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... From the late 19th into the early 20th century, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) had a...
Installations, Deinstallations: The Working Lives of Museum Loans
By John Thomassen for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... The American Numismatic Society’s collection is not housed entirely at 75 Varick Street. This may come...
The Spectacular 1715 Velp Hoard: Long Table 151 With Paul Beliën
In 1715, a vast hoard of late Roman gold coins, medallions, and jewels was discovered in Velp in the Netherlands. The gold was buried...
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Roosevelt and the Gold Designs of 1907-08: Long Table 150 With Mike Moran
For over a century, numismatists have examined the trials and tribulations of famed sculptor and medallic artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the gold coin designs...
Indonesia’s Magic Money
By Jared Goldfarb, ANS Assistant Librarian, for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... While walking around the streets of New York City, I find myself constantly...
New Thoughts on Rome’s Oldest Coins: Long Table 146 With Seth Bernard
The last years have seen a number of key advances in the study of the earliest Roman coins, and in Long Table 146Seth Bernard,...
Coins of Tyre in Phoenicia Under Elagabalus: Long Table 145 With Achim Lichtenberger
Tyre in Phoenicia was one of the most prolific mints in the Hellenistic and Roman Southern Levant, particularly in the third century CE. Whereas...
Yarrow Book Wins Royal Numismatic Society’s Lhotka Prize
The Roman Republic to 49 BCE: Using Coins as Sources by Prof. Liv Mariah Yarrow, Chair of Classics at Brooklyn College, has been awarded...
After 75 Years, 1794 Large Cent Returned to ANS Collection
A 1794 (S-24) U.S. large cent has been returned to the American Numismatic Society (ANS) by the Husak family after they realized that the...
Early Betts Medal Book Earns 3rd Prize at IAPN Competition
The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) announced last week the winners of its annual Book Prize. The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is delighted...