DSMA10 Ancient Numismatics and Epigraphy - The Basics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Nina Jašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 A24, except Tue 16. 4.
Prerequisites
!(OBOR(DST) && TYP_STUDIA(B))
Basic ability to understand Latin texts.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The basic concepts of epigraphy, the development of Latin letters, institutions of the Roman state; epigraphic Greek; reading and interpretation of writings, primarily, sepulchral, votive and military; basic aids and their use. The basic concepts of numismatics; Metal of ancient coins and stamps of ancient world; Greek and Roman coinage
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be well versed in basic material sources; will be able to determine and describe a Greek and a Roman coin; to read and transcript an ancient inscription and expand its abbreviations.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology of epigraphy.
  • Development of latin script.
  • Forms of latin names.
  • Institutions of the Roman state especially in the period of principat.
  • Cursus honorum.
  • Structure of the Roman army and the provincial-roman administration.
  • Basic terminology of numismatics.
  • Forms of legal tenders
  • Metal of ancient coins and stamps of ancient world
  • Greek coinage
  • Roman coinage I and II
  • Excursion - exhibit of coins
Literature
    required literature
  • VIDMAN, Ladislav. Psáno do kamene : (antická epigrafie). 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1975, 183 s. URL info
  • CAGNAT, René. Cours d'épigraphie Latine. 4. éd. Paris: Fontemoing et Cie, 1914, 504 s., př. info
  • The Oxford handbook of Greek and Roman coinage. Edited by William E. Metcalf. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xviii, 688. ISBN 9780199372188. info
    recommended literature
  • ČEŠKA, Josef and Radislav HOŠEK. Inscriptiones Pannoniae Superioris : in Slovacia Transdanubiana asservatae. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universitas Purkyniana Brunensis, 1967, 125 s. URL info
  • HOŠEK, Radislav. Tituli Latini Pannoniae Superioris annis 1967-1984 in Slovacia reperti. Praha, 1984. info
  • DESSAU, H. Inscriptiones Latinae selectae. Berlin, 1914. info
  • DE RUGGIERO, H. Sylloge epigraphica orbis Romani. Roma, 1904. info
  • VAN METER, David. The handbook of Roman imperial coins : a complete guide to the history, types and values of Roman imperial coinage. First published. Utica, New York: Laurion Press, 1991, 334 stran. ISBN 1878420062. info
  • CRAWFORD, M. H. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge, 1974. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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