THE LIBRARY

Articles and guides

Selected case studies and useful reading questions: what was found, how was it studied and what follows from the evidence?

Eleven articles and guides connect case studies with methods: layers and dating, critical reading, pottery, coins, inscriptions and raw materials. Choose a question, then follow the sources and related reading. Checking an abstract is never presented as reviewing an entire paper.

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Reverse of a worn Roman bronze coin, with figures and lettering around the edge — Bronze coin of Cyzicus in Asia Minor, 222-235 CE; reverse. A Roman comparison, not a coin from the Qula hoard. The Met, 08.170.259.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 08.170.259 · Rogers Fund, 1908 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

RESEARCH & METHOD

Coins and hoards: date, context and economy

Why a minting date differs from a burial date, and why a hoard is not a simple snapshot of money in circulation. Museum examples and the Qula case explain the distinction.

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