GRST 321 Lecture 31: December 1

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 321
• Professor: Lesley Bolton

Document Summary

Numismatics ancient technology with guest speaker marina fischer: marina is the curator at the nickel gallery. Around 23000 items in the u of c collection: some of them are on par with some of the world class museums and we have them here at the u of c, which is super cool. Minting process: minted primarily by striking, bla(cid:374)k (cid:272)oi(cid:374)s (cid:449)ere set (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the (cid:862)dies(cid:863) engraved metal with the pattern of the coin on it. Coin was placed between the two and struck with a hammer: the highest trained and skilled craftsmen would be the ones to create the dies. Dies made out of the strongest metal at the time iron. World"s first coinage: comes from the ancient place of lydian (modern turkey, coins were taken over from costal greek cities and they were spread across the islands into the mainland and then across the rest of the mediterranean.