Pocket Change
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Austin Goodwin Andrews
There are over three thousand objects depicting Jesus in the vault of the American Numismatic Society. While the vast majority of these images can be found on Byzantine coinage, one of the earliest figural representations of Jesus in the collection is not on a coin, but on an amulet carved in stone (Fig. 1). This engraved rock crystal features a Christian narrative tradition of Jesus in a dynamic moment of miraculous healing.
Figure 1. Translucent rock crystal intaglio amulet, sixth–seventh centuries CE, 30.1 mm × 20.4 mm × 4.7 mm. Obverse: Jesus Christ with a hand raised in blessing,…
The ANS instituted the Chairman’s Fellowship for Numismatic Research in 2023 to support “qualified graduate students or scholars pursuing serious…
Long-term excavations at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia have uncovered thousands of ancient coins. The systematic study of…
In the Hellenistic period, all matters that concerned coinage were regulated by laws and decrees, and all decisions that…
Attending the 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (New Orleans, April 17–21, 2024), I was struck by…
with Arkadiusz Dymowski (Independent Researcher, Poland) and Kyrylo Myzgin (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Many Roman Imperial denarii found their way…
The coins minted by the cities of Hispania between ca. 44 BC and AD 54 are Roman provincial coins. Minted in bronze for local…
With Passover nearly upon us, I cannot help but trawl the Passover seder for numismatic connections. Luckily said, a connection…
In the second of a three-part series that explores the messages, audiences, and relative frequencies of Nerva’s imperial coinage…
Figure 1. The obverse and reverse of a 1793 large cent are clearly discernable from one another, and follow guidelines…
The Royal Maundy is a historic ceremony with origins in the New Testament, held on the Thursday before Easter…
Figure 1. Catuvellauni gold stater depicting horse, chariot wheel, and astral imagery. (ANS 1944.100.78360)
British Celtic coins are perhaps best-known for…
Excavations in Elaiussa Sebaste, an active mint from at least the beginning of the first century BCE to the…