Coinage
Coinage emerged during the Iron Age as symbolic tokens, and gradually took on a role as a formalised method of exchange – first on the basis of their intrinsic value and later for their agreed symbolic value, as in our own fiat coinage. Throughout their existence coins have been hoarded, usually surviving due to accident but sometimes also because of their deliberate votive burial. How can we record such hoards and what can they tell us about the people who created them? We shall examine this via three Roman hoards from the 2nd and 3rd C AD, recorded using innovative computing methods.
Reading
ACRG hoard imaging project: http://digitalhumanities.soton.ac.uk/projects/hoard-imaging
Portable Antiquities Scheme guide to Roman coinage: http://finds.org.uk/romancoins
YouTube video of Roman coin hoard discovery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMlkDnK19k
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