Questions tagged [numismatics]
Questions relating to coins, medals and similar items as used within the Roman sphere of influence; this includes Etruscan, Greek, Oscan and Punic items. This tag also encompasses the act of minting itself and those people and institutions that were part of this. Numismatics is defined as the ‘systematic accumulation and study of coins, tokens, paper money, and objects of similar form and purpose.’ (Encyclopædia Britannica.)
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Who minted this Roman coin, celebrating the sentencing of Vestal virgins?
This coin is part of a presentation done by University of Glasgow in relation to a seminar on coinage and numismatics. The coin is introduced in a video done by the Hunterian Museum, and I have found ...
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