American Journal of Numismatics: 15.CJ85 0-89722-292-X American journal of numismatics numismatics (n  'mĭzmăt`ĭks, –mĭs–), collection and study of coins, medals, and related objects as works of art and as sources of information. ; 15
Title main entry. (The American Numismatics Society Museum notes; 2d series) American Numismatic Society The American Numismatic Society (or ANS) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to the study of coins and medals. ANS should not be confused with the larger, Colorado Springs-based American Numismatic Association. , [c]2004 167 p. $60.00 These are not just ordinary coins, suitable for tossing into the change jar at the end of the day. And yet, at one time they perhaps were. In these seven essays, contributors show how coins can mirror or inform the societies in which they pass from hand to hand. A major coin horde has serious things to say about the reign of Darius I Darius I (Darius the Great) (dərī`əs), d. 486 B.C., king of ancient Persia (521–486 B.C.), called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or Vishtaspa). . A little-known aspect of Hellenistic Judea is revealed in a depiction of dynastic symbols on a coin. Roman coins contain messages of supplication, and coins reveal secrets about Poemenius's Revolt and Trier Trier (trēr), Latin Augusta Treverorum, city (1994 pop. 99,183), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, a port on the Moselle (Ger. Mosel) River, near the Luxembourg border. . One scholar finds transitional coins of the caliphs All years are according to the Common Era The Rashidun ("Righteously Guided") Accepted by Sunni Muslims as the first four pious and rightly guided rulers; Most Shi'a Muslims believe that the first three were usurpers. of Umayyad North, and two others examine the symbolism of the first of the US coins, the half-dime of 1792. Each essay contains references. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. |
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