The RPC project presents the standard typology of the coins minted in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Tweets by Jerome Mairat and Marguerite Spoerri.
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Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
🎄📷 — RPC volume V.2 and V.3 are now available online! They cover all Roman provincial coinage issues from Pertinax to the death of Macrinus (AD 193–218) in all the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/5.…
rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/5.…
#roman #numismatics
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
[4/4] ⭐️ We are seeking a skilled Research Fellow with expertise in Ancient Greek, Latin, epigraphy, and onomastics, to contribute to our groundbreaking project.
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#epigraphy #epidoc #ancientgreek #job #digitalhumanities
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!
These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."
This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.
In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.
The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.
It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!
Read more in our announcement: scrollprize.org/grandprize
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Hunting wild animals with a hunting dog from Castellum Tingitanum (modern-day Chlef), Algeria, circa 4th century AD; on display at the National Museum of Antiquities, Algiers, Algeria.
#Algeria #Numidia #MosaicMonday
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
The sacrifice of Phrixus and Helle from the ancient city of Lambaesis, Algeria, 3rd century AD. Discovered in 2006, this is the only representation of the sacrifice of Phrixus and Helle for the Roman period, all supports combined; on display at the Museum of Tazoult, Algeria.
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
The western mole of the Hadrianic/Antonine harbour of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia.
In AD 129/30, Hadrian visited the province of Cilicia, and donated money for the expansion of the port in Pompeiopolis, but the work was only completed in the reign of Antoninus Pius, his adopted son.
The completion of the harbour renovations was celebrated on coinage (RPC IV.3, 3581).
rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/…
The coin's reverse shows a two-storey harbour and a divine figure lying down inside the harbour, probably representing a local river god. A lighthouse is visible at the end of the western breakwater. On the roof of the harbour, jar-like objects are perched at regular intervals, and a torch is seen between the first two. These torches are thought to have been used to illuminate the harbour.
ALT The western mole of the Hadrianic/Antonine harbour with ashlar wall.
ALT The western mole of the Hadrianic/Antonine harbour.
ALT The western mole of the Hadrianic/Antonine harbour.
ALT The bronze coin of Antoninus Pius has the reverse showing the harbour of Pompeiopolis. Dated AD 138 – AD 161. (RPC IV.3, 3581) American Numismatic Society
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Why do people find Ancient Greek prepositions complicated even though you could summarise the uses of, say, ἐπί on a single leaf* of paper**? Just don't get it.
* Leaf, not page, required.
** Small handwriting essential.
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum LXVIII (for 2018) is out. Here is one of the more interesting inscriptions from the section for which I was responsible (Moesia / Dacia / North Shore of the Black Sea).
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
'I am ambitious for what more we can do for the world.'
Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey is joined by the wonderful choir at @WorcCollegeOx as she delivers her festive message to supporters, alumni and friends of the University.
Watch now ⬇️
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Today's #Museum30: time.
This tiny #sundial is one of the few portable dials to survive from the ancient world.
At just 6cm across, it's built for a man on the move, with a table of latitudes for 30 Roman provinces.
Set for location & date & read the time from the hourscale.
ALT 51358 Vertical Disc Dial, Roman, c. 250 A.D. _ front
ALT 51358 Vertical Disc Dial, Roman, c. 250 A.D. _ back
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
In der Video-Vortragsreihe "#Numismatik vernetzt" spreche ich heute mit Johannes Nollé über das antike Kleinasien, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer und Lous Robert. Wie gehen wir im digitalen Zeitalter mit der Robert'schen Methode um? Beginn: 18 Uhr über Webex: spk-berlin.webex.com/meet/b.…
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
here is the excellent @marchiorogiacom at @UniVerona working on Commodus and Geta @RPCproject #Numismatics #romanart
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
‘Spectacular’ new find: Using @googleearth, Oxford's @school_of_arch has found three Roman military camps in the deserts of northern Arabia.
The discovery could be evidence of a probable undocumented military campaign across south-east Jordan into Saudi Arabia.
ALT An aerial view of the western camp.
ALT Map showing the location of the Roman camps (Credit: EAMENA).
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Important finds on the Roman annexation of the Nabataean kingdom ('new province of Arabia') in AD 106 by Oxford colleagues in the EAMENA project.
Our team's spectacular new discovery of #Roman military #camps in northern #Arabian desert using @googleearth has revealed an undocumented military #campaign across south east Jordan into Saudi Arabia.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-27-spe…
ALT Oblique aerial landscape view of the central camp, from the east. (APAAME taken by B. Bewley).
ALT Oblique aerial landscape view of the western camp, from the north-east (APAAME taken by F. Bqa'in).
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
On this day, in 138 CE, Emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. The scene of adoption is depicted on the so-called Parthian Relief, now in Ephesos Museum in Vienna
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Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
Trésor de Tarse - médaillons en or à l’effigie d’Alexandre le Grand et de Philippe II réalisés sous le règne de l’empereur Sévère Alexandre. Musée de la BNF.
Roman Provincial Coinage project retweeted
nice surprise on my desk this morning: author’s copies of my latest publication on Roman provincial coins in the collections of @MNR_museo #numismatics @RPCproject
