Archive: People and Markets
2022 Biggest Year for Treasure Finds in the UK
Earlier this year, the British Museum launched the latest Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) Annual Report. This showed that in 2022, over 50,000 archaeological finds were recorded, including 1,378 Treasure cases – the highest ever reported in a single year. See some of the highlights here.
How the Romans Made Counterfeits
Counterfeits have been around in ancient Roman times, too – usually, they were cast from a copper-tin alloy. Researchers at the University of Tübingen examined the counterfeiting process and reconstructed it experimentally. A video documents their experiment.
Archive: Coins, Medals and more
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Ursula Kampmann2024-03-07 11:39:512024-03-07 14:21:30Coins and Medals of the Popes: Representatives of the Catholic Church
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Lucie Loechel2024-11-21 10:15:332024-11-21 10:15:50Important Collection of Islamic Glass Weights at Numismatica Genevensis SA
After 100 Years: The Bruun Collection Comes Under the Hammer
The Bruun Collection has been held by Denmark’s National Museum in Copenhagen for 100 years. Now Stack’s Bowers Galleries has been commissioned with the sale of the collection, which Stacks refers to as “the most valuable collection of World Coins to ever come to market”.
A Numismatist at the Head of the British Museum?
Following the resignation of the British Museum’s director and his deputy, the board of trustees has already filled one position on an interim basis. Surprisingly, the numismatist Sir Mark Jones has been proposed as interim director.