Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ancient Numismatic
Course Code: ARKE621
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The role of the money will be discussed starting by its discovery. The coins of different regions will be defined with its features (e.g. depictions on them). The aim is to draw the economy, cults, history and social life of the cities by investigating the coins. Especially, Hellenistic and Roman coins found in excavations will be focused on.

Course Content

The role of the money will be discussed starting by its discovery. The coins of different regions will be defined with its features (e.g. depictions on them). The aim is to draw the economy, cults, history and social life of the cities by investigating the coins. Especially, Hellenistic and Roman coins found in excavations will be focused on.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to have an upper knowledge about coins and ancient numismatics and to use it for interdisciplinary studies
2.To be able to learn trading systems before the invention of coin and to evaluate them systematically
3.To have a basic knowledge about coining
4.To know the terminology of coins
5.To be able to use dating methods on coins and to be able to comment on them by collecting data
6.To be able to evaluate the economical values of coins after dating them
7.To be able to examine the economic policy of states and cities by their coins
Recommended or Required Reading
1.BMC: British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins.
2.A. Burnette, Roman Provincial Coinage, Vol. 1, Introduction an Catalogue, London 1998.
3.M. Arslan, 'The Coinage of Ancyra in the Roman Period', in (ed.) C.S.
4.Lightfoot, Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies (1991), pp. 3-42 and pp. 333-4.
5.Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum; including Lewis = I.A. Carradice, SNG British Isles VI. Corpus Christi College Cambridge. The Lewis Collection II. The Greek Imperial Coins (1992); McClean = S.W. Grose, Fitzwilliam Museum. The McClean Bequest I (1923), II (1926), III (1929); Leake and General Collections (partly published in SNG and W.M. Leake, Numismata Hellenica (1856) with Supplement, 1859)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age and Middle Bronze Age, goods and articles are used instead of coins - exchange methods
Week 2 - Theoretical
7th century BC Electrum coins and minted techniques ın Lydia
Week 3 - Theoretical
Gold Silver staters of Lydia from 610 to 525 BC
Week 4 - Theoretical
Persian, and the Classic City coins around 525-330 BC.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Hellenistic city coins around 330-30 BC.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Augustus(M.Ö.27-M.S.14), Tiberius (14–37), Gaius Calicula (37-41) Claudisu (41-54)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 9 - Theoretical
Titus(79–81,)Domitian(81–96), Nerva(96-98) Trajan(98-117
Week 10 - Theoretical
Hadrian(117-138), Antoninus Pius(138-161) Licus Verus(161-169), Marcus Aurelius(161-180
Week 11 - Theoretical
Commodus (177–192), Pertinax(193) Didius Julianus(193) Septemius Severus (193-211)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Caracalla(198-217), Geta(209-212) Macrinus(217-218), Diadumenian(218)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Elegabalus(218-222) Severus Alexander (222-235), Maximinus I (235-238) Balbinus(238)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Pupienus(238),Gordian III (238-244) Philip I (244-249), Philip II(247-249)
Week 15 - Theoretical
Trajan Decius (249-251), Herennius Etruscus (251),TrebonianusGallus(251-253),Volusian (251-253)
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment50420
Reading100550
Individual Work50525
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026