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Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for their depictions of horses, chariots, and sun gods (Fig. 1). While these motifs appear on the vast majority of coins, they were far from the only subjects selected by the ancient Britons. Boars, bulls, stags, wolves, ravens, waterfowl, and cranes all make appearances. Humanoid figures, sometimes even antlered or horned, appear in greater numbers as the kingdoms of Southeastern Britain had more direct and frequent contact with the Roman world. Importantly, these images did not exist in isolation. Contextualizing the…
Excavations in Elaiussa Sebaste, an active mint from at least the beginning of the first century BCE to the…
In the Hellenistic period, all matters that concerned coinage were regulated by laws and decrees, and all decisions that…
Figure 1. ANS 1969.83.35. Didrachm, RRC 22/1 (265-242 BCE). 6.54g. Gift of E.R. Miles. Control marks: Club/ΘΘ.
Another batch of Roman…
Lucia Carbone, ANS Andrew M. Burnett Associate Curator of Roman Numismatics, will discuss her new two-volume publication Local Coinages…
NUMMI DIGITALI is a project that aims to expand the access to the numismatic collection at the Museum “A….
For the fact that the Romans did not export their own coinage into the Greek world does not mean that…
Certain drachms from the Cretan cities of Gortyna, Phalasarna, and Polyrrhenia were overstruck on Kyrenaika coins. These drachm types,…
Austin Goodwin Andrews
Valentine’s Day greeting cards popularly depict archer babies with wings as symbols of romance. This strange iconography ultimately…
From the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Industrial Exposition of All Nations through the 1964 New York World’s Fair,…
Detail from Celestia envelope (ANS Archives).
We received some interesting documents for the ANS Archives along with some numismatic items donated…
In the first of a three-part series that will explore the messages, audiences, and relative frequencies of Nerva’s imperial…
Guests attend the cocktail hour.
On Thursday, January 11, 2024, more than 150 friends of the American Numismatic Society (ANS)…