COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANCIENT NUMISMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2018 ANCIENT NUMISMATICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REMZI YAĞCI

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

Numismatics is the study of currency including coins, medals, tokens and every other kind prints on metal. Coin printing and coins from ancient Greek-Roman and Byzantine periods constitute an important part of Turkey's archaeology. Collecting these materials is an independent field of study. The course involves with the analysis of the standards, measurement and recording, coins may also be studied to follow the development of coin printing through inscription and descriptions. Materials from the field of Numismatics which occupies a prominent place among collectable items will betaught via a wide range of examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students learn standard numismatiics
2   Students acquire information about pound, value and measurment systems.
3   Students learn the standards of Ancient Greek coinage system
4   Students learn the standards of Ancient Greek coinage system
5   Recording and evaluation systems are taught

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Pound, value and measure systems
2 Early Ionian coinage
3 Lydian coins
4 Persian coins
5 Classical coins
6 Hellenistic coins
7 Hellenistic coins
8 Midterm exam
9 Roman republican coins
10 Roman imperial coins
11 Roman imperial coins
12 Roman imperial coins
13 Late Roman coins
14 Measurement implementations
15 Coin inventory, recording
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

-Oğuz Tekin, Antik Nümismatik ve Anadolu (Arkaik ve Klasik Çağlar), Arkeoloji ve Sanat
Yayınları, Istanbul 2008.
-Oğuz Tekin, Ancient History, Numismatics and Epigraphy in the Mediterranean World
Studies in memory of Clemens E. Bosch and Sabahat Atlan and in honour of Nezahat
Baydur, Ege Yayınları, Istanbul 2009.
-Otto Morkholm, Erken Hellenistik Çağ Sikkeleri, Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2000.
-Peter Robert Franke, Roma Döneminde Küçükasya. Sikkelerin Yansımasında Yunan Yaşamı,
Ege Yayınları, Istanbul 2007.
-Sabahat Atlan, Grek Sikkeleri (Arkaik - Klasik - Hellenistik), Arkeoloji ve Sanat
Yayınları, Istanbul 1993.
-Nezahat Baydur, Roma Sikkeleri, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, Istanbul 1998.
-Stefan Karwiese, Antik Nümizmatiğe Giriş, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, Istanbul
1995.
-Ian Carradice-Martin Price, Hellen Dünyasında Sikke, Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations
Lectures
Question-Answer Sessions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

remzi.yagci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.35
LO.4
LO.5

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