THE Greek word for money, chrema, carries a significance its English translation cannot fully convey. “It means ‘to need’ and ‘to use’ together,” explains Nicholas Stampolidis, director of the Museum ...

Introduction / William E. Metcalf -- 1. The Substance of Coinage: The Role of Scientific Analysis in Ancient Numismatics / Matthew J. Ponting -- pt. I Archaic and Classical Greek Coinage -- 2. The ...

The Luther College Ancient Numismatics Collection is curated by the Department of Classics. It consists of 758 coins ranging in date from the Greek Archaic period to the Byzantine era. All of them ...

This lecture explores the origins and development of coinage during the Archaic period. It examines when, where, and why coinage was first introduced, how it was produced, and the ways in which it was ...

The reconstruction of ancient buildings is often a difficult undertaking in a world where most ancient structures either no longer exist or have been heavily modified. However, a massive online ...