AEB_62 Numismatics for archaeologists B

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Šmerda (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 C42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AEB_61 Numismatics A
Požadavky ke kolokviu: - znalost základních druhů numismatického materiálu, jejich charakteristiku a začlenění do měnových soustav - vztah mezi numismatiou a archeologií, příklady mezioborové spolupráce
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Degree programme: Archaeology Course: The Basics of Numismatics B Level: First cycle of the five-year Mgr. programme Language of instruction: Czech Teaching: 2 hours lecture per week Duration: 1 semesterCredits: A2 Assessment: Oral examination Course description: Basic terms and themes in the study of numismatics, an overview of ancient and proto-historic coin minting and medieval Czech coin minting with a view towards archaeological contexts, principles of conservation, the creation of a system of organization for and classification of coins from archaeological collections. Lecturer: Jiří Sejbal, Professor Literature (sel.): To be specified Prerequisite: None
Syllabus
  • 1. The basics, status and organisational structure of the discipline. 2. Numismatic sources, their characteristics and methodology of processing. 3. Numismatics and archaeology. 4. Premonetary means of payment and their occurrence. 5. The origins of monetary means of payment and their distribution. 6. Celtic coin finds, evidence of mintage. 7. Roman coin finds in Bohemia and Moravia and their function. 8. Characteristics of Byzantine coinage, the impact of Byzantine coinage on the origins of early medieval coins, distribution of finds. 9. Carolingian denarii and their distribution in Europe. 10. Means of payment in Great Moravia, characteristics of the finds of premonetary and monetary means of payment from the 9th to early 10th centuries. 11. Bohemian and Moravian denarii in domestic and foreign finds, the impact of international trade on the development of money, territorialisation of domestic coinage in the 2nd half of the 11th and in the 12th century, distribution of coin finds from graves and domestic coin hoards. 12. The finds of Pfennig-denarii and bracteates from the 13th century. 13. Groschen and their reflection in coin finds in the 14th to early 16th centuries, evidence of the earliest medieval gold coins. 14. Evidence of Thalers and their testimony. 15. Modern coin finds.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Československá numismatika - současný stav, úkoly a perspektivy : materiály z konference : Brno, 2.-3.12.1982. Edited by Jiří Sejbal. 1. vydání. Brno: Moravské muzeum, 1986, 204 stran. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
2 P, k
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
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