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Funded by @EU_H2020 Research & Innovation Programme 2016-21. Any related tweets reflect only the views of the project owner, Clare Rowan.
University of Warwick
Joined February 2016
the @WarwickClassNet has a new blog where teachers can share examples of innovative teaching! The inaugural blog, by Sian Squire (Shrewsbury College) and Nina Rinke (Worcester Sixth Form College) is of course numismatic themed! Enjoy!
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Last day or two to submit an abstract to the @ACANSMQ Ancient Societies and Ancient Artefacts conference if you are so inclined! A great exchange on how we use material culture in the classroom awaits! :-)
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RT @ACANSMQ: The 'Ancient Societies and Ancient Artefacts' conference will take place on June 8 at Macquarie University. The call for paper….
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so why DO tokens carry numbers? A follow up podcast with @Classical_Assoc where we explore people's ideas and the ancient evidence. @WarwickClassNet .
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RT @MusingsMaterial: New article on the Material Musings blog! Zhian Zhang discusses children on tombstones in Roman Britain in an article….
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This bronze with head of Roma and ROMA was thought a token. But an example found in the mining area of Castulo (RIN 2016, Martinez Chico) led to the suggestion it may be a locally produced quadrans. A token later used as small change? This piece is
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RT @WarwickClassNet: So it’s LEGO Classicism Day 2025. Our @ClassicsWarwick students have been building the Colosseum since before Christma….
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delighted to see a bronze token of Augustus among the scanned coins placed online by @ACANSMQ . :-) Its pierced in a very odd place! @WarwickClassNet .
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A cameo made of glass paste showing a laureate Augustus, the dotted border strongly suggests the model was a coin. Glass pastes were a cheaper way to produce products similar to gems, making them more available to a broader population.
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In 1892 Gnecchi published an article in RIN where he made the observation that some hundreds of lead coins came out of the Tiber, many of which are Republican types. It's extraordinary, but as far as I can tell they were never published in full. The mind boggles as to purpose.
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occasionally in the Roman world women sponsored local coinage, as here on a coin of Eumenea, struck by a high priestess named Bassa, daughter of Kleon. The obverse of the coin shows a bust of Agrippina II and the reverse shows the goddess Cybele.
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when you are a stickler for accuracy and just HAVE to depict all 30 piglets that the Lavinium sow gave birth to on your gem.
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RT @classicsforall: 👇Read our latest Ad Fam article: 'Ancient Worlds inspire Modern Teaching Paths' by Sian Squire. Sian discusses how she….
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Save ancient history at Cardiff- a petition led by the students affected. You all know what to do .
change.org
Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree
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delighted by this Roman gem showing. a ring! A hare in the middle of the ring, grasshopper on an ear of wheat at the bottom, chariot rider above, helmeted head (Minerva?) and shield either side of the gem. The surrounding gold ring, alas, is more modern.
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RT @ancient_tokens: Our @ClassicsWarwick @Classical_Assoc schools competition, Why do tokens carry numbers, closes soon! Find out more info….
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RT @RomeCoin: @RomeCoin Muon testing at the ISIS Neutron and Muon facility, Rutherford Appleton Lab @isisneutronmuon for #RACOM project @un….
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