50 Finds of Early Medieval Coinage

50 Finds of Early Medieval Coinage
Title 50 Finds of Early Medieval Coinage PDF eBook
Author John Naylor
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 157
Release 2021-07-15
Genre History
ISBN 1445695332

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The latest entry in the popular 50 Finds series, this volume focuses on a variety of coins recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

50 Finds of Roman Coinage

50 Finds of Roman Coinage
Title 50 Finds of Roman Coinage PDF eBook
Author Andrew Brown
Publisher 50 Finds
Pages 96
Release 2021-02-15
Genre Coins, Roman
ISBN 9781445696331

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Looking at some of the fascinating examples of Roman coinage recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

Fifty Early Medieval Things

Fifty Early Medieval Things
Title Fifty Early Medieval Things PDF eBook
Author Deborah Deliyannis
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 263
Release 2019-03-15
Genre History
ISBN 1501730282

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This important book [...] is a helpful guide to thinking with things and teaching with things. Each entry challenges the reader to approach objects as historical actors that can speak to the changes and continuities of life in the late antique and early medieval world.― Early Medieval Europe Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, Fifty Early Medieval Things demonstrates how to read objects in ways that make the distant past understandable and approachable. Fifty Early Medieval Things introduces readers to the material culture of late antique and early medieval Europe, north Africa, and western Asia. Ranging from Iran to Ireland and from Sweden to Tunisia, Deborah Deliyannis, Hendrik Dey, and Paolo Squatriti present fifty objects—artifacts, structures, and archaeological features—created between the fourth and eleventh centuries, an ostensibly "Dark Age" whose cultural richness and complexity is often underappreciated. Each thing introduces important themes in the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of the postclassical era. Some of the things, like a simple ard (plow) unearthed in Germany, illustrate changing cultural and technological horizons in the immediate aftermath of Rome's collapse; others, like the Arabic coin found in a Viking burial mound, indicate the interconnectedness of cultures in this period. Objects such as the Book of Kells and the palace-city of Anjar in present-day Jordan represent significant artistic and cultural achievements; more quotidian items (a bone comb, an oil lamp, a handful of chestnuts) belong to the material culture of everyday life. In their thing-by-thing descriptions, the authors connect each object to both specific local conditions and to the broader influences that shaped the first millennium AD, and also explore their use in modern scholarly interpretations, with suggestions for further reading.

50 Finds from Worcestershire

50 Finds from Worcestershire
Title 50 Finds from Worcestershire PDF eBook
Author Victoria Allnatt
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 159
Release 2018-06-15
Genre Photography
ISBN 1445676710

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A range of fascinating archaeological finds from the portable antiquities scheme, this time in Worcestershire.

50 Finds From Cheshire

50 Finds From Cheshire
Title 50 Finds From Cheshire PDF eBook
Author Vanessa Oakden
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 165
Release 2015-11-15
Genre Photography
ISBN 1445646919

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Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

50 Finds From Yorkshire

50 Finds From Yorkshire
Title 50 Finds From Yorkshire PDF eBook
Author Amy Downes
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 188
Release 2016-12-15
Genre Photography
ISBN 1445661470

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Explore fifty of Yorkshire's most fascinating finds.

Astronomical Symbols on Ancient and Medieval Coins

Astronomical Symbols on Ancient and Medieval Coins
Title Astronomical Symbols on Ancient and Medieval Coins PDF eBook
Author Marshall Faintich
Publisher McFarland
Pages 0
Release 2012-04-05
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 9780786469154

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The coins of ancient and medieval Europe provide unique insights into the economic and political history of their period. In a time when few members of the population could read or write, the symbols depicted on coins offered a medium for communication, propaganda, and historical archiving. This work hypothesizes that astronomical symbols on ancient and medieval coins were often used as a way to record actual celestial events. The author provides more than 550 figures and line drawings of coins, maps, and astronomical events to illustrate this hypothesis. In addition, several appendices evaluate the historical accuracy of ancient and medieval coinage and offer additional examples not included in the main text.