Numismatics

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Roman portrait art

Course Contents

This course will focus on the production, evolution and function of coins: we will analyse their development, spread, signs and symbols, monetary and ideological value, iconographic characteristics, mint and their production techniques. The time-span will stretch from the introduction of coins through to the end of the Byzantine period.

Weekly Schedule

1) Historical background-introduction
2) Numismatic terminology; forms of currency and trade prior to the invention of coins; the invention of coins.
3) The emergence and development of the money economy. The first coins. The Kingdom of Lydia, Ionian cities, mainland Greece.
4) Greek coin units and models of weight. Origins and regional variations of the coin in the Archaic era.
5) Coins in the Classical Period. Coins in the Persian Empire.
6) Coins of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Royal coins from the Hellenistic era. Coins from the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms.
7) The first Roman coins. Roman Republican coins.
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Coin-units in the Roman Republic and Empire. Political motifs on coins.
10) Roman city coins
11) Important coin-types from the Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties. Coins of the Antonine and Severan dynasties.
12) Important coin-types from the Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties. Coins of the Antonine and Severan dynasties.
13) Circulation. The crisis of the 3rd century AD. Late Roman coins. Mints.
14) Identification, classification and documentation of coins.
15) Final exam
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Carradice, I. ve M. Price, Hellen Dünyasında Sikke (çev. O. Tekin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2001.
2- Tekin, O. Eskiçağ’da Para. Antik Nümismatiğe Giriş, Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü Yayınları, İstanbul 1998.
3- Franke, P.R., Roma Döneminde Küçük Asya. Sikkelerin Yansımasında Yunan Yaşamı, (çev. N.Baydur ve B. Theis-Baydur), Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
4- Morkholm, O., Erken Hellenistik Çağ Sikkeleri, (çev. O. Tekin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000.
5- Tekin, O. Antik Anadolu Nümismatiği Bibliyografyası / Bibliography of Ancient Numismatics for Anatolia, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul 1993.
6- Howgego, C., Sikkelerin Işığında Eskiçağ Tarihi, (çev. O. Tekin), Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1998.
7- Karwiese, S., Antik Nümizmatiğe Giriş, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required