BOOKS by Claudia Perassi
The complete pdf of the book has been uploaded in the Section "Production and Use of Coins in Mal... more The complete pdf of the book has been uploaded in the Section "Production and Use of Coins in Malta in Antiquity"
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Il volume intende essere un omaggio alla figura di studioso e di docente di Gian Guido Belloni (1919-1996), del quale nella Prima Parte viene delineata la biografia ed illustrata la produzione scientifica, che ne fanno un felice esempio di sinergie, compiutosi attraverso l’unità di una persona, tra strutture di tipo diverso, ma collegate da comuni prospettive di scienza e cultura. Belloni fu infatti attivo in ruoli dirigenziali presso importanti istituzioni museali di Milano (Civiche Raccolte d’Arte, Civico Gabinetto Numismatico e Medagliere, Civico Museo Archeologico) ed anche docente di Numismatica e Antichità Romane nell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano e di Numismatica e Storia Romana nell’Università degli Studi di Genova.
La Seconda Parte raccoglie gli interventi presentati al Convegno organizzato nel centenario della nascita di Belloni presso l’ateneo milanese, il cui titolo Numismatica e Storia intendeva sottolineare il rapporto dello studioso con il documento monetale, da lui costantemente analizzato in connessione con il contesto storico nel quale venne realizzato, rifuggendo pertanto da una trattazione puramente constatativa e descrittiva.
La Terza Parte intende tratteggiare il dialogo ininterrotto fra le due discipline negli specifici ambiti di ricerca degli autori, scelti fra gli allievi del docente che hanno portato avanti un percorso professionale o di studio nel settore numismatico e fra giovani ricercatori nel campo della Numismatica e della Storia Romana presso l’Università Cattolica.
La Quarta Parte è riservata alla presentazione di una sezione della Collezione numismatica dell’ateneo, nata da una felice intuizione di Belloni, che intese così corredare l’insegnamento di Numismatica con la visione e lo studio di manufatti originali. Il catalogo del nucleo fondante della raccolta (oggi ricca di oltre 4.000 esemplari) è stato redatto da alcuni studenti che hanno frequentato in anni recenti il corso di Numismatica, dipanando così un ideale fil rouge fra passato e presente.
Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 1991
ΕΡΓΑ ΚΑΙ ΗΜΕΡΑΙ. Gian Guido Belloni (1919-1994), Educatt, Milano, 2019
The booklet was prepared on the occasion of the conference "Numismatics and History. On the 100th... more The booklet was prepared on the occasion of the conference "Numismatics and History. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gian Guido Belloni (1919-1996)”. It aims to be a guide to discover or rediscover the works and days of the scholar.
The first part presents a brief biographical note, which describes Belloni's career in the academic field and the Milanese museum institutions. The second part 'tells' the scientific life of Belloni, listing his 166 publications. In the last part, the four essays of Belloni appeared posthumously have been collected. In the appendix, there is an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching. In the last part, the four writings of Belloni that appeared posthumously have been assembled. The Appendix presents an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching.
COIN JEWELLERY by Claudia Perassi
Archeonumismatica. Analisi e studio dei reperti monetali da contesti pluristratificati. Workshop Internazionale di Numismatica – Atti 2 (Roma, 19 settembre 2018), a cura di A. Martin Esquivel, A. F. Ferrandes, G. Pardini, pp. 209-239, Ediziono Quasar, Roma 2023 (ISBN: 9788854911987), 2023
Perforation is one of the many forms of mutilation/manipulation that can be carried out on coin f... more Perforation is one of the many forms of mutilation/manipulation that can be carried out on coin flans, modifying their structure or appearance. After such more or less invasive operations, the coin undertakes a second ‘life’, where it performs different functions from those for which it was manufactured. In some cases, a mutilated specimen may even add a third phase to its ‘biography’, circulating again alongside intact specimens. A great variety characterises the coin perforation, in terms of denomination used, number of holes, size and placement of hole(s), and the method of execution. All these differences suggest multiple and heterogeneous functions for the pierced coins. The paper intends to clarify these functions based on archaeologically excavated finds ‒ as undoubtedly holed during their circulation ‒, and also identify possible re-entries into the exchange circuit. The author also proposes a “Protocol for the Publication of Perforated Coins”, which should allow scholars to understand the consistency, chronological spread and variety of the use of coin perforation even in the western areas of the Roman Empire,
although the researches carried out so far suggest that the documentation is not particularly abundant.
Il valore dei gesti e degli oggetti. Monete e altri elementi in contesti funerari, 2023
In November 1991, during archaeological research carried out
over several years (1986-2004) in th... more In November 1991, during archaeological research carried out
over several years (1986-2004) in the Roman cemetery under
the courtyards of the Milan campus of the Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, a gold pendant set with a gold coin of Saloninus
was discovered. Exactly twenty years after the first publication of
the artefact (Perassi 2003a; 2003b), this paper aims to bring
the study of it up to date, taking into account the new and
more in-depth knowledge of Roman coin jewellery, the figure of
Gallienus’ young son, and the coinage in his name. The results
of recent metallographic analyses of the coin, and the pendant’s
ornamental elements, are also presented. Finally, the find from
Milan is compared with other, limited evidence of coin jewellery
found in Roman funerary contexts.
Proceeding of the Conference “Bijoux antiques: de l’ornement au talisman, Identités et pratiques sociales” (Université de Fribourg, 23-25 novembre 2016) = "Gemmae. An International Journal on Glyptic Studies”, 3, pp. 39-60 , 2021
The Roman use of coins as ornamental components of jewellery is widely spread in time and diversi... more The Roman use of coins as ornamental components of jewellery is widely spread in time and diversified. The first aim of the paper is to discuss its chronology. The dating of individual artefacts must take three factors into account: the date of issue of the coin (terminus post quem), the temporal range of diπusion of the same type among jewellery with and without coins (terminus ad quem) and the date of the archaeological context in which the jewellery was discovered, if any (terminus ante quem). Therefore, the oldest surviving pieces of Roman coin jewellery date back to the last years of the 1st/early 2nd century ce. Afterwards, coin jewellery has a considerable and continuous development until the 5th century. Secondly, the paper intends to present the diπerent types of Roman coin-set jewellery. The most elaborate of them inserted the coins—usually in gold—into pendants, rings, bracelets, brooches, belts, body-chains. Moreover, bronze coins (just pierced and suspended to perishable laces) could also be transformed into less pretentious jewels. Thirdly, the paper tries to identify the wearers of the various categories of coin jewels from a
gender perspective, answering questions such as: was a type of coin jewel worn only by women or only by men? Was a type of coin jewel common to both? Its last part is dedicated to the function of coin jewellery. The most ostentatious gold items seem to leave no doubt about their role as a status symbol and display of wealth. But one should also consider the hypothesis that coin jewels and especially pierced coins would be worn as a sort of amulet—thanks to their images
and to the protective function assigned to metals (gold and copper)—rather than merely intended as an ornament.
The paper cannot certainly discuss all the questions related to Roman monetary jewellery. It presents very briefly the main themes that I deal with in greater depth and width in my forthcoming book "Nomismata pro gemmis. Gioielli monetali romani."
![Research paper thumbnail of Non può dirsi ricco chi non ha mai toccato un solido d’oro (Temistio II, 30c). Monete e gioielli in età tardoantica (One cannot call himself rich if he never touched a gold
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“Aevum”, 95/1, pp. 145-179 , 2021
Coin set jewellery was particularly popular in the Roman world during the 3rd century AD, but it ... more Coin set jewellery was particularly popular in the Roman world during the 3rd century AD, but it continued to be appreciated in late antiquity when new types were introduced and artefacts were created that combined exceptional sumptuousness, extraordinary artistic quality and considerable economic value. A further characteristic element is represented by the increasingly wide acceptance of the transformation of gold coins into ornaments by the populations settled beyond the limes. They created jewels with their own peculiarities, which
continued to be adopted in the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms after their settlement in the imperial territory. The essay presents and discusses some little-known jewels set with gold coins or multiples from the Theodosian age, particularly significant in terms of their appearance and their monetary element. They are a pendant and a brooch from the American Ferrell Collection, a fragment of a necklace from the Leu Numismatik auction 71 (1997), and a necklace found around Lodi in the 19th century and now kept in the Musei Civici in Pavia.
The full text can be purchased or downloaded at: www.vitaepensiero.it; https://aevum.vitaepensiero.it/
The aim of the paper is to study pierced Roman coins starting from pieces found in archaeological... more The aim of the paper is to study pierced Roman coins starting from pieces found in archaeological contexts in Milan and in Cisalpine Gaul (especially in Roman graves). Coins were drielled in many different ways: the number, size and setting of the hole/holes can help to understand the use of holed coins in Roman times.
INDEX
1. Pierced coins. State of the art.
2. Roman pierced coins.
2.1 Roman pierced coins from Milan
2.2. Position, size, number of holes. Purpose of pierced coins
- One hole (center or peripheral piercing; purpose of center and peripheral piercing)
- Rotation of images on pierced coins (one peripheral hole)
- Peripheral holes. Not only pendants
- Center holes
- Multiple holes (two holes: opposite or next to each other; three, four and more holes; purpose of multiple holes)
- Some technical notes
Roman literary, juridical and papyrological sources provide a wide range of information concernin... more Roman literary, juridical and papyrological sources provide a wide range of information concerning Roman jewellery. Some of them are usually related to jewels (pendants, bracelets, rings) on which coins were set as ornaments. The goal of the paper is to analyse these sources to ascertain their actual relation to monetary jewellery. Starting from a lexical analysis the essay compares them with our always deeper knowledge of Roman monetary jewels and with the realia, i.e. the coin jewels which are survived to us. The conclusion of this study is that no available literary source can be undoubtedly related to this particular typology of Roman jewellery.
Cambio de era. Cordoba y el Mediterraneo cristiano entre Constantino y Justiniano, Catalogo de la exposicion, Cordoba, 16 diciembre 2022 - 15 marzo 2023, 2022
This multiple of Theodoric with a value of three solid represents a unicum of extreme interest fr... more This multiple of Theodoric with a value of three solid represents a unicum of extreme interest from many points of view, although many aspects of its production and use are still unresolved. It is not known how long after the exit from the mint some components (now fragmented) were soldered in opposite positions on the reverse of the multiple, allowing its use as a brooch. The artefact was found in the territory of Morro d'Alba (An) in December 1894. Since 1923, it has been kept in the Medagliere of the Museo Nazionale Romano, inv. n. 509459 (formerly in the Francesco Gnecchi collection).
A gold ring in which a gold quinarius of Maximinus Thrax is set was discovered by change in Amien... more A gold ring in which a gold quinarius of Maximinus Thrax is set was discovered by change in Amiens (Somme) in 1790. The ring entered in the Pellerin collection and was described and illustrated by Count Caylus in the fifth volume of his "Recueil d'Antiquitès" (1762). Now it is kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. As it is one of the most lavish coin ring, it has been chosen to explore the chronological, typological and social aspects of this kind of coin jewellery.
1. Coin-rings from the Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
2. Roman coin-rings: tipology, chronology, users,... more 1. Coin-rings from the Great Ryzhanovka Kurgan
2. Roman coin-rings: tipology, chronology, users, contexts
An update of the Roman coin jewels auctioned from 2006 to 2016 is presented and discussed. They a... more An update of the Roman coin jewels auctioned from 2006 to 2016 is presented and discussed. They are two necklaces, nine pendants and two finger rings. The essay also presents a new ideal assemblage of the necklace from the so-called "Diarchy Treasury" offered for sale in 2016 again and two uniface gold medallions manufactured in the Barbaricum from recent sales catalogues.
I cataloghi d’asta costituiscono una fonte documentaria di fondamentale importanza nell’ambito de... more I cataloghi d’asta costituiscono una fonte documentaria di fondamentale importanza nell’ambito delle ricerche sulla gioielleria antica e moderna che reimpiega le monete con funzione ornamentale. La loro consultazione consente, infatti, di ampliare notevolmente il numero di pezzi noti, mettendo a disposizione degli studiosi monili che, dopo il loro eventuale ingresso in collezioni private, tendono a perdere di visibilità.
Il saggio studia 100 monili monetali di produzione antica, discutendo innanzitutto l’autenticità di alcuni esemplari indicati nei cataloghi di vendita come ellenistici. Affronta poi lo studio di cinque collane, quaranta pendenti isolati e un anello di produzione romana, ponendoli a confronto con la documentazione nota da contesti certamente romani e segnalandone le novità tipologiche, all’interno del panorama ad oggi noto della gioielleria monetale romana. Ne discute infine gli aspetti cronologici, numismatici e produttivi, oltre agli elementi decorativi.
La rassegna continua con l’analisi di alcuni pendenti che, pur reimpiegando nominali di emissione romana o brattee ad imitazione di questi, vennero fabbricati nel Barbaricum e nell’impero del Kushan. Sono poi attentamente esaminati tre monili ascrivibili all’età bizantina. Il saggio si conclude illustrando alcuni monili creati in età moderna, utilizzando a scopo ornamentale monete greche, ellenistiche, romane e bizantine, ponendone in rilievo gli aspetti che li distinguono dalla gioielleria monetale antica.
L’Appendice raccoglie due schede molto dettagliate (a c. di M. Pizieli e F. Fanelli) relative a due dei più complessi gioielli discussi nel saggio.
"The paper presents a small group of Lombard gold crosses showing some relationships with contemp... more "The paper presents a small group of Lombard gold crosses showing some relationships with contemporary coinage. Two of them, cut from tremisses of Liutprand (712-744 AD), were found at Fordongianus in Sardinia. Another, whose provenance is unknown, is nowadays kept in the Rovati Collection in Monza. A round gold disk is tied at the intersection of the cross limbs. It could be a tremissis of the Lombard king Ratchis (744-749 AD). The decoration of four crosses (from Novara, Milan, Vicenza and maybe Benevento) was copied
from gold coins of the Byzantine emperors Justin II (565-578 AD), Heraclius (610-641 AD) and Leon III (717-742 AD).""
Michael Italikos, teacher, rhetorician, cleric and physician in Constantinople in the early twelf... more Michael Italikos, teacher, rhetorician, cleric and physician in Constantinople in the early twelfth century, wrote a long letter to the attuarios of Constantinople (Ep. 33), to accompany the gift of a gold coin necklace. Italikos claims that the coin set in the medallion is of Constantine I. It bears on one side the figure of Constantine, “the most imperial, the most pious, and the best of emperors”, together with Helena, and on the other side an image of Christ in “Roman” guise. The type of the coin also incorporates a cross, and its surrounding inscription is in Latin characters. Italikos further describes the coin as “an imperial nomisma invested with an ineffable power,” which is effective against “all evils” but particularly against disease.
As the nomisma of Italikos can’t be a coin of Costantine for numismatic reasons, the essay discusses the real nature of it: late Roman coin?; Byzantine coin?; brattea?; talismanic medal? The most credible hypothesis is that the coin was a nomisma of Justinian II minted in 705-711 AD. Then the author compares the written description of the necklace with coin jewels of Roman and Byzantine times. Thanks to this comparison she is able to suggest an ideal reconstruction of the necklace and of its coin pendant. Afterwards, the paper considers the supernatural powers of the coin coming, Italikos says, not simply from the cross graved on it but from the coin itself. The last part gives some explanatory examples of the amuletic use of coins in ancient and modern times.
The Appendix provides a new translation of the letter of Italikos by C. M. Mazzucchi.
A gold Lombard cross with applied a coin-shaped element and a gold coin pendant witha Lombard tre... more A gold Lombard cross with applied a coin-shaped element and a gold coin pendant witha Lombard tremissis in the name of Maurice Tiberius from the Rovati Collection are presented.
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BOOKS by Claudia Perassi
Il volume intende essere un omaggio alla figura di studioso e di docente di Gian Guido Belloni (1919-1996), del quale nella Prima Parte viene delineata la biografia ed illustrata la produzione scientifica, che ne fanno un felice esempio di sinergie, compiutosi attraverso l’unità di una persona, tra strutture di tipo diverso, ma collegate da comuni prospettive di scienza e cultura. Belloni fu infatti attivo in ruoli dirigenziali presso importanti istituzioni museali di Milano (Civiche Raccolte d’Arte, Civico Gabinetto Numismatico e Medagliere, Civico Museo Archeologico) ed anche docente di Numismatica e Antichità Romane nell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano e di Numismatica e Storia Romana nell’Università degli Studi di Genova.
La Seconda Parte raccoglie gli interventi presentati al Convegno organizzato nel centenario della nascita di Belloni presso l’ateneo milanese, il cui titolo Numismatica e Storia intendeva sottolineare il rapporto dello studioso con il documento monetale, da lui costantemente analizzato in connessione con il contesto storico nel quale venne realizzato, rifuggendo pertanto da una trattazione puramente constatativa e descrittiva.
La Terza Parte intende tratteggiare il dialogo ininterrotto fra le due discipline negli specifici ambiti di ricerca degli autori, scelti fra gli allievi del docente che hanno portato avanti un percorso professionale o di studio nel settore numismatico e fra giovani ricercatori nel campo della Numismatica e della Storia Romana presso l’Università Cattolica.
La Quarta Parte è riservata alla presentazione di una sezione della Collezione numismatica dell’ateneo, nata da una felice intuizione di Belloni, che intese così corredare l’insegnamento di Numismatica con la visione e lo studio di manufatti originali. Il catalogo del nucleo fondante della raccolta (oggi ricca di oltre 4.000 esemplari) è stato redatto da alcuni studenti che hanno frequentato in anni recenti il corso di Numismatica, dipanando così un ideale fil rouge fra passato e presente.
The first part presents a brief biographical note, which describes Belloni's career in the academic field and the Milanese museum institutions. The second part 'tells' the scientific life of Belloni, listing his 166 publications. In the last part, the four essays of Belloni appeared posthumously have been collected. In the appendix, there is an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching. In the last part, the four writings of Belloni that appeared posthumously have been assembled. The Appendix presents an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching.
COIN JEWELLERY by Claudia Perassi
although the researches carried out so far suggest that the documentation is not particularly abundant.
over several years (1986-2004) in the Roman cemetery under
the courtyards of the Milan campus of the Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, a gold pendant set with a gold coin of Saloninus
was discovered. Exactly twenty years after the first publication of
the artefact (Perassi 2003a; 2003b), this paper aims to bring
the study of it up to date, taking into account the new and
more in-depth knowledge of Roman coin jewellery, the figure of
Gallienus’ young son, and the coinage in his name. The results
of recent metallographic analyses of the coin, and the pendant’s
ornamental elements, are also presented. Finally, the find from
Milan is compared with other, limited evidence of coin jewellery
found in Roman funerary contexts.
gender perspective, answering questions such as: was a type of coin jewel worn only by women or only by men? Was a type of coin jewel common to both? Its last part is dedicated to the function of coin jewellery. The most ostentatious gold items seem to leave no doubt about their role as a status symbol and display of wealth. But one should also consider the hypothesis that coin jewels and especially pierced coins would be worn as a sort of amulet—thanks to their images
and to the protective function assigned to metals (gold and copper)—rather than merely intended as an ornament.
The paper cannot certainly discuss all the questions related to Roman monetary jewellery. It presents very briefly the main themes that I deal with in greater depth and width in my forthcoming book "Nomismata pro gemmis. Gioielli monetali romani."
continued to be adopted in the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms after their settlement in the imperial territory. The essay presents and discusses some little-known jewels set with gold coins or multiples from the Theodosian age, particularly significant in terms of their appearance and their monetary element. They are a pendant and a brooch from the American Ferrell Collection, a fragment of a necklace from the Leu Numismatik auction 71 (1997), and a necklace found around Lodi in the 19th century and now kept in the Musei Civici in Pavia.
The full text can be purchased or downloaded at: www.vitaepensiero.it; https://aevum.vitaepensiero.it/
INDEX
1. Pierced coins. State of the art.
2. Roman pierced coins.
2.1 Roman pierced coins from Milan
2.2. Position, size, number of holes. Purpose of pierced coins
- One hole (center or peripheral piercing; purpose of center and peripheral piercing)
- Rotation of images on pierced coins (one peripheral hole)
- Peripheral holes. Not only pendants
- Center holes
- Multiple holes (two holes: opposite or next to each other; three, four and more holes; purpose of multiple holes)
- Some technical notes
2. Roman coin-rings: tipology, chronology, users, contexts
Il saggio studia 100 monili monetali di produzione antica, discutendo innanzitutto l’autenticità di alcuni esemplari indicati nei cataloghi di vendita come ellenistici. Affronta poi lo studio di cinque collane, quaranta pendenti isolati e un anello di produzione romana, ponendoli a confronto con la documentazione nota da contesti certamente romani e segnalandone le novità tipologiche, all’interno del panorama ad oggi noto della gioielleria monetale romana. Ne discute infine gli aspetti cronologici, numismatici e produttivi, oltre agli elementi decorativi.
La rassegna continua con l’analisi di alcuni pendenti che, pur reimpiegando nominali di emissione romana o brattee ad imitazione di questi, vennero fabbricati nel Barbaricum e nell’impero del Kushan. Sono poi attentamente esaminati tre monili ascrivibili all’età bizantina. Il saggio si conclude illustrando alcuni monili creati in età moderna, utilizzando a scopo ornamentale monete greche, ellenistiche, romane e bizantine, ponendone in rilievo gli aspetti che li distinguono dalla gioielleria monetale antica.
L’Appendice raccoglie due schede molto dettagliate (a c. di M. Pizieli e F. Fanelli) relative a due dei più complessi gioielli discussi nel saggio.
from gold coins of the Byzantine emperors Justin II (565-578 AD), Heraclius (610-641 AD) and Leon III (717-742 AD).""
As the nomisma of Italikos can’t be a coin of Costantine for numismatic reasons, the essay discusses the real nature of it: late Roman coin?; Byzantine coin?; brattea?; talismanic medal? The most credible hypothesis is that the coin was a nomisma of Justinian II minted in 705-711 AD. Then the author compares the written description of the necklace with coin jewels of Roman and Byzantine times. Thanks to this comparison she is able to suggest an ideal reconstruction of the necklace and of its coin pendant. Afterwards, the paper considers the supernatural powers of the coin coming, Italikos says, not simply from the cross graved on it but from the coin itself. The last part gives some explanatory examples of the amuletic use of coins in ancient and modern times.
The Appendix provides a new translation of the letter of Italikos by C. M. Mazzucchi.
Il volume intende essere un omaggio alla figura di studioso e di docente di Gian Guido Belloni (1919-1996), del quale nella Prima Parte viene delineata la biografia ed illustrata la produzione scientifica, che ne fanno un felice esempio di sinergie, compiutosi attraverso l’unità di una persona, tra strutture di tipo diverso, ma collegate da comuni prospettive di scienza e cultura. Belloni fu infatti attivo in ruoli dirigenziali presso importanti istituzioni museali di Milano (Civiche Raccolte d’Arte, Civico Gabinetto Numismatico e Medagliere, Civico Museo Archeologico) ed anche docente di Numismatica e Antichità Romane nell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano e di Numismatica e Storia Romana nell’Università degli Studi di Genova.
La Seconda Parte raccoglie gli interventi presentati al Convegno organizzato nel centenario della nascita di Belloni presso l’ateneo milanese, il cui titolo Numismatica e Storia intendeva sottolineare il rapporto dello studioso con il documento monetale, da lui costantemente analizzato in connessione con il contesto storico nel quale venne realizzato, rifuggendo pertanto da una trattazione puramente constatativa e descrittiva.
La Terza Parte intende tratteggiare il dialogo ininterrotto fra le due discipline negli specifici ambiti di ricerca degli autori, scelti fra gli allievi del docente che hanno portato avanti un percorso professionale o di studio nel settore numismatico e fra giovani ricercatori nel campo della Numismatica e della Storia Romana presso l’Università Cattolica.
La Quarta Parte è riservata alla presentazione di una sezione della Collezione numismatica dell’ateneo, nata da una felice intuizione di Belloni, che intese così corredare l’insegnamento di Numismatica con la visione e lo studio di manufatti originali. Il catalogo del nucleo fondante della raccolta (oggi ricca di oltre 4.000 esemplari) è stato redatto da alcuni studenti che hanno frequentato in anni recenti il corso di Numismatica, dipanando così un ideale fil rouge fra passato e presente.
The first part presents a brief biographical note, which describes Belloni's career in the academic field and the Milanese museum institutions. The second part 'tells' the scientific life of Belloni, listing his 166 publications. In the last part, the four essays of Belloni appeared posthumously have been collected. In the appendix, there is an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching. In the last part, the four writings of Belloni that appeared posthumously have been assembled. The Appendix presents an interview with Belloni given in 1994 on various aspects of Numismatics and its teaching.
although the researches carried out so far suggest that the documentation is not particularly abundant.
over several years (1986-2004) in the Roman cemetery under
the courtyards of the Milan campus of the Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, a gold pendant set with a gold coin of Saloninus
was discovered. Exactly twenty years after the first publication of
the artefact (Perassi 2003a; 2003b), this paper aims to bring
the study of it up to date, taking into account the new and
more in-depth knowledge of Roman coin jewellery, the figure of
Gallienus’ young son, and the coinage in his name. The results
of recent metallographic analyses of the coin, and the pendant’s
ornamental elements, are also presented. Finally, the find from
Milan is compared with other, limited evidence of coin jewellery
found in Roman funerary contexts.
gender perspective, answering questions such as: was a type of coin jewel worn only by women or only by men? Was a type of coin jewel common to both? Its last part is dedicated to the function of coin jewellery. The most ostentatious gold items seem to leave no doubt about their role as a status symbol and display of wealth. But one should also consider the hypothesis that coin jewels and especially pierced coins would be worn as a sort of amulet—thanks to their images
and to the protective function assigned to metals (gold and copper)—rather than merely intended as an ornament.
The paper cannot certainly discuss all the questions related to Roman monetary jewellery. It presents very briefly the main themes that I deal with in greater depth and width in my forthcoming book "Nomismata pro gemmis. Gioielli monetali romani."
continued to be adopted in the Roman-Barbarian kingdoms after their settlement in the imperial territory. The essay presents and discusses some little-known jewels set with gold coins or multiples from the Theodosian age, particularly significant in terms of their appearance and their monetary element. They are a pendant and a brooch from the American Ferrell Collection, a fragment of a necklace from the Leu Numismatik auction 71 (1997), and a necklace found around Lodi in the 19th century and now kept in the Musei Civici in Pavia.
The full text can be purchased or downloaded at: www.vitaepensiero.it; https://aevum.vitaepensiero.it/
INDEX
1. Pierced coins. State of the art.
2. Roman pierced coins.
2.1 Roman pierced coins from Milan
2.2. Position, size, number of holes. Purpose of pierced coins
- One hole (center or peripheral piercing; purpose of center and peripheral piercing)
- Rotation of images on pierced coins (one peripheral hole)
- Peripheral holes. Not only pendants
- Center holes
- Multiple holes (two holes: opposite or next to each other; three, four and more holes; purpose of multiple holes)
- Some technical notes
2. Roman coin-rings: tipology, chronology, users, contexts
Il saggio studia 100 monili monetali di produzione antica, discutendo innanzitutto l’autenticità di alcuni esemplari indicati nei cataloghi di vendita come ellenistici. Affronta poi lo studio di cinque collane, quaranta pendenti isolati e un anello di produzione romana, ponendoli a confronto con la documentazione nota da contesti certamente romani e segnalandone le novità tipologiche, all’interno del panorama ad oggi noto della gioielleria monetale romana. Ne discute infine gli aspetti cronologici, numismatici e produttivi, oltre agli elementi decorativi.
La rassegna continua con l’analisi di alcuni pendenti che, pur reimpiegando nominali di emissione romana o brattee ad imitazione di questi, vennero fabbricati nel Barbaricum e nell’impero del Kushan. Sono poi attentamente esaminati tre monili ascrivibili all’età bizantina. Il saggio si conclude illustrando alcuni monili creati in età moderna, utilizzando a scopo ornamentale monete greche, ellenistiche, romane e bizantine, ponendone in rilievo gli aspetti che li distinguono dalla gioielleria monetale antica.
L’Appendice raccoglie due schede molto dettagliate (a c. di M. Pizieli e F. Fanelli) relative a due dei più complessi gioielli discussi nel saggio.
from gold coins of the Byzantine emperors Justin II (565-578 AD), Heraclius (610-641 AD) and Leon III (717-742 AD).""
As the nomisma of Italikos can’t be a coin of Costantine for numismatic reasons, the essay discusses the real nature of it: late Roman coin?; Byzantine coin?; brattea?; talismanic medal? The most credible hypothesis is that the coin was a nomisma of Justinian II minted in 705-711 AD. Then the author compares the written description of the necklace with coin jewels of Roman and Byzantine times. Thanks to this comparison she is able to suggest an ideal reconstruction of the necklace and of its coin pendant. Afterwards, the paper considers the supernatural powers of the coin coming, Italikos says, not simply from the cross graved on it but from the coin itself. The last part gives some explanatory examples of the amuletic use of coins in ancient and modern times.
The Appendix provides a new translation of the letter of Italikos by C. M. Mazzucchi.
The author has also uploaded an in-depth study about the pendant: "Il pendente aureo con moneta di Salonino dagli scavi dell’Università Cattolica di Milano" (please see below). "
The next chapter examines the coin deposit found under the bottom slab of the baptismal font of Tas Silg. The coins were originally thrown into the water used for the administration of the sacrament. Whenever the drainage hole was opened and the basin emptied, they were moved into the underlying mud. The exceptional find allows us to investigate aspects of the rituality of Baptism in the early Christian church and the significance of the deposition of coins in the baptismal fonts.
The second part presents two sections of the Maltese National Numismatic Collection (a group of Numidian coins and some antoninians and radiated imitations) and illustrates the formation of the collection itself, whose origins date back to the 17th century.
The third part traces the development of studies on the islands mints of Melita and Gaulos, starting from the volume “Descrittione di Malta”, published in Malta in 1647 by Fra' Giovanni Francesco Abela. The studies produced between the 18th and 20th centuries by Maltese and non-Maltese scholars are then presented and discussed. More detailed reflections are devoted to the studies of Ridolfino Venuti (1735), Albert Mayr (1894) and Edward Coleiro (1971).
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their weight, production and iconography. Finally, it offers an analysis of the countermarked coins and the case of a holed coin.
Le isole maggiori fra quelle dislocate nel Canale di Sicilia (Melita, Gaulos e Cossura) vivono vicende storiche simili, che vedono il loro passaggio dal dominio cartaginese a quello romano nell’ultimo ventennio del III secolo a.C. Caratteri simili connotano anche la produzione monetale che segue l’annessione a Roma di questi
territori isolani. Lo studio analizza innanzitutto il quadro d’insieme di tale monetazione insulare, mettendone in risalto le somiglianze e le diversita`. Sono poi catalogate e studiate le monete melitensi (74 pezzi) e gaulitane (9 pezzi) della Heritage Malta’s Numismatic Collection, conservate presso il National Archaeological Museum di
Valletta. Dopo aver ricostruito le modalita`di formazione della raccolta numismatica maltese, vengono illustrati i dati relativi al contesto di rinvenimento degli esemplari di produzione locale, discutendone poi gli aspetti ponderali, produttivi ed iconografici. Sono infine presentati le monete contromarcate della zecca di
Melita e il caso di un esemplare forato.
Les plus grandes ıˆles, entre celles place´es dans le Canal de la Sicile (Melita, Gaulos et Cossura), vivent des événements historiques similaires, dans leur passage de la domination carthaginoise à celle romaine, dans les dernères années du III siècle après J.-C. Leur production monétaire, que a suivi l’annexion à Rome des ces territoires ıˆliens, montre aussi des caractères semblables. En premier lieu cet étude analyse l’ensemble du monnayage insulaire pour en apprécier les ressemblances et
les diversités; puis les monnaies de Melita (74) et de Gaulos (9), appartenants au Heritage Malta’s Numismatic Collection, conservées au National Archaeological Museum de La Vallette. Après une reconstruction des modalités de formation de
ce recueil maltais, les données relatives au contexte de la découverte des exemplaires de production locale sont illustrées, ainsi que les aspects pondérales, productifs et iconographiques. Enfin, on a présenté les monnaies contremarquées de l’atelier
de Melita et le cas particulier d’une monnaie trouée."
produce their own bronze coinage. The largest island in the Maltese archipelago struck 11 issues. The last one was minted at the end of the Republican age, when Gaulos also minted its only issue. Their coinage is very different in terms of types and languages. Melita uses a multiplicity of types and all of them are religious images (heads of divinities, gods, objects or animals related to them). The legends are written in Punic, Greek or Latin. On the contrary, the coins from Gaulos have military types: a helmeted female head on the obverse and a warrior on the reverse. The inscriptions are always in Greek. The aim of this paper is to study how the identity of the two islands is expressed by their coins, comparing their types and legends with literary sources, archaeological and epigraphical evidence and coins minted in Roman times by towns in Sicily.
The essay reviews all the numismatic quotations from Abela's work and inserts them in a updated historical overview. Many types of the mint of Melita (modern Malta) are often misunderstood by Abela because of their syncretism. Among the Punic coins Abela puts a “great, very beautiful” coin of the queen Dido. Its presentation in an illustrative engraving enables C. Perassi to recognize it as a medal of the sixteenth-century Italian engraver Alessandro Cesati, better known as “Il Greco” or “Il Grechetto”. The numismatic importance of “Descrittione di Malta” consists in quotations of lost Maltese findings of Greek, Punic and Roman coins. Then we are able to know them only by its pages and drawings. All of them are discussed by C. Perassi and compared with the modern coin findings on Maltese territory. In the last part of the essay she outlines the development of numismatic studies on the coinage of the mints of Melita and Gaulos (modern Gozo) from Abela to Albert Mayr (1894).
The Italian team resumed work on site in 1997. Two years later an exceptional numismatic find was made under the rectangular basin identified as a baptesimal font.
The essay studies the monetary deposit formed by 276 bronze coins plus a tremissis of Constantine IV (mint of Syracuse; 670-674/681). It provides the chronological overview of the bronze deposit, since issues of IV century AD to a nummus of Justinian I (mint of Carthage; 537-538 AD). The deposit contains coins never found before on the Maltese archipelago, such as proto-Vandalic issues and Vandalic nummi.
The author also discusses the nature of the numismatic find: is it a hoard or a votive deposit? The context of its discovery, its formation and the comparison with some written sources allow her to interpret the assemblage of bronze coins as the result of offers thrown in the water during the rite of the Baptism. The presence of the gold Byzantine tremissis is more difficult to explain and the author is only able to formulate some hypotheses.
1. Written sources about Roman coins used as amulets
2. Can a coin be used as amulet?
3.1 Four Roman coins reworked as amulets: denarius of Hadrian from Antaradus; denarius of Augustus from Verulamium; dupondius of Antoninus Pius (Collection of Muenzkabinett of Basel); follis of Maximinian (published by Froehner 1890)
3.2 Byzantine and Greek coins reworked as amulets (follis of Anastasius I: Collection of Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan; follis of Justinian I: Bendall Collection, London; stater of Kroton from the chora of Kaulonia)
3.3 Reworking of coins for amuletic purpose
4 Coins, coin pendants, monetary jewels: between ornament, devotion and magic
As the nomisma of Italikos can’t be a coin of Costantine for numismatic reasons, the essay discusses the real nature of it. The paper also suggests an ideal reconstruction of the necklace and its coin pendant. Afterwards, the paper considers the supernatural powers of the coin and gives some explanatory examples of the amuletic use of coins in ancient and modern times.
The author has also uploaded an in-depth study about the letter of Italikos: "Un prodigioso filatterio monetale nella Costantinopoli del XII secolo. L’epistola 33 di Michele Italico". "
originally hidden in the clothes of the deceased. The last short section (The Imploration of Franceschino da Brignale) illustrates a 14th-century bas-relief from Naples where coins become a symbol of the wealth thanks to which Man hopes - but in vain - to escape his mortal destiny.
The paper also presents seven unpublished coins found in a small box kept in the Archivio Capitolare of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio,
on which is written "Monete antiche trovate negli scavi della tomba di S. Ambrogio". In reality, these are not only ancient specimens. The oldest is an illegible as of Antonine age, but the most recent is dated 1822.
The first is a Byzantine lead bulla from the domus of the Ionic capitals. It is not fully legible, but the missing parts have been completed thanks to a specimen in the Staatliche Münzsammlung in Munich. The name of the sealer has been resolved as Theodorus, son of Eupaterius. The bullets, on which the father/son relationship is indicated, do not date from before 650 AD, but the period of most common use is the 8th century.
The second artefact is a bronze ring found in the House of the Doric Courtyard. It bears an onomastic box monogram engraved on the bezel, which can be read as referring to Menas, Mikhael or Manasseh. The typology of the ring comes to a halt in the 7th century AD, at the beginning of which the spread of cross monograms over box monograms also became predominant. The essentially utilitarian use of the simple bronze sealing ring could be related to the profound change in the original structure of the domus, of a commercial nature. It could then reveal the name of the owner of the house or, more probably, of one of its superintendents, who used the jewel in the course of their mercantile occupations, sealing correspondence with the distinctive mark engraved on the bezel or marking containers of various kinds, so as to secure their contents.
The investigations have unearthed 800 coins, from the republican period (Celtic and Roman specimens) up to the late imperial age and beyond. Of considerable interest, for the high number of specimens and for the context of discovery, is the group of about 350 coins found in the filling earth for a large pit (UC IX, 10114), aimed at the recovery of building material from the previous tombs. The paper will present the composition of the assemblage, whose chronological terms are represented by an antoninianus of Gallienus and a denaro of Otto III, inserting it in the framework of the contemporary Milanese documentation and trying to clarify the nature and origin of this large presence of coins (specimens from the grave goods? hoard?).
Some somatic similarities could concern the ideology of power and reflect a political situation, others could be purely genetic or even simply reconstructed on the basis of an already existing portrait, due to the lack of a prototype. The case studies ranging chronologically from the Hellenistic age to the late Roman antiquity and are taken from the familiar classical world but also from the less known Nabataean coinage.
the Great but soon replace it with the self-portrait of the living king, starting with Ptolemy I. However, it was Antiochus I Soter, who appeared on his own coinage without any divine attribute (aegis, horns or animal skins), conferring the portrait a superhuman connotation.
a half century. During the last few years, the document has continued to attract scholars’ attention. The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss some of the latest publications. Some of them have brought new elements into the history of the epigraph, others have better focused on specific questions, at length debated.
Claudia Perassi presents the new data (when, how and where) about the discovery of the inscription by the Russian prince Semyon SemyonovicˇAbamelek-Lazarev and the numismatic aspects of the ‘Tariff’ bases on the coins found during
the Polish excavations held in Palmyra from 1959 to 2001. Alessandro Bona, starting from the text of the inscription about the chora surrounding the caravan town, draws the boundaries of the Palmyrene using the more or less recent archaeological
and epigraphic findings and outlines its fertile landscape and agricultural active role.
Nella seconda parte Alessandro Bona, dopo aver definito l'areale geografico entro il quale collocare il territorio storico del Seprium, ricostruisce la sua circolazione monetale tra XIII e XIV secolo sulla base dei ritrovamenti monetali avvenuti singolarmente nell'ambito di scavi archeologici (single finds), in complessi associati (ripostigli) e nel contesto di depositi con funzione non economica (monete nelle tombe, depositi di fondazione).
The paper consists of two parts. In the first part Claudia Perassi outlines the production of coins in Milan between the 13th and 14th centuries. At the beginning of this period, in fact, the monetary area of Milan took shape, after the definitive separation from Pavia, which until then had been the regional leading centre. The fourteenth century instead closes with the moment of maximum expansion of the Visconti duchy (and its monetary area) thanks to the conquests of Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
In the second part Alessandro Bona, after defining the geographical area in which to place the historical territory of the Seprium, reconstructs its monetary circulation between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries on the basis of monetary findings made individually in archaeological excavations (single finds), in associated complexes (hoards) and in the context of deposits with non-economic function (funerary coins, foundation deposits).
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We discuss this with Marco Ferrero, Chief Regional Officer Italy of NEXI, and Claudia Perassi, Associate Professor of Numismatics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.