HIST 94.16 Before Billboards and Twitter: Ancient Coins as Text

This hands-on course focuses on ancient coinage, the development and use of money in the ancient Mediterranean, the logistics of coin production, and the methods for studying coinage to write Roman history. Students learn numismatic methodology by handling and studying coins from the collection in Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art and prepare material for an installation focusing on the Roman war against Cleopatra and Mark Antony. A final unit treats the ethics of coin-collecting and the role of the modern museum.

Cross Listed Courses

CLST 11.19

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:W

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Department-Specific Course Categories

Class of 2023 and Before Major/Minor Dist: EUR, pre-1700/pre-1800; Class of 2024 and Beyond Major/Minor Dist: EUR, premodern.