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| − | The SILVER website is a by-product of the SILVER ERC, led by Francis Albarède (ENS-Lyon). This SILVER ERC aims to study the flow of money in the ancient world in a doubly innovative way. On the one hand, by studying the isotopic compositions of both coins and ores; on the other, by working on lead and silver isotopes. A series of scientific articles have already been published, to which we refer the reader [[CiteRef::Albarède et al. 2021a]] [[CiteRef::Albarède et al. 2021]]. | + | The SILVER website is a by-product of the SILVER ERC, led by Francis Albarède (ENS-Lyon). This SILVER ERC aims to study the flow of money in the ancient world in a doubly innovative way. On the one hand, by studying the isotopic compositions of both coins and ores; on the other, by working on lead and silver isotopes. A series of scientific articles have already been published, to which we refer the reader [[CiteRef::Albarède et al. 2021a]] [[CiteRef::Albarède et al. 2021]] [[CiteRef::Blichert-Toft et al. 2022]]. |
[[File:GREEK. Northern Greece. AR 1-5th tetradrachms of the Kings of Macedon, Philip II.jpg|left|340px]] The SILVER website, for its part, does not focus on metallographic analysis but on two types of data dear to numismatists: studies of coins and surfrappes, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the production and circulation of money in the Mediterranean basin in the broadest sense. It brings together and makes accessible two databases launched by François de Callataÿ more than 25 years ago. | [[File:GREEK. Northern Greece. AR 1-5th tetradrachms of the Kings of Macedon, Philip II.jpg|left|340px]] The SILVER website, for its part, does not focus on metallographic analysis but on two types of data dear to numismatists: studies of coins and surfrappes, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the production and circulation of money in the Mediterranean basin in the broadest sense. It brings together and makes accessible two databases launched by François de Callataÿ more than 25 years ago. | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 13 June 2023
The SILVER website is a by-product of the SILVER ERC, led by Francis Albarède (ENS-Lyon). This SILVER ERC aims to study the flow of money in the ancient world in a doubly innovative way. On the one hand, by studying the isotopic compositions of both coins and ores; on the other, by working on lead and silver isotopes. A series of scientific articles have already been published, to which we refer the reader 1 2 3.
The SILVER website, for its part, does not focus on metallographic analysis but on two types of data dear to numismatists: studies of coins and surfrappes, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the production and circulation of money in the Mediterranean basin in the broadest sense. It brings together and makes accessible two databases launched by François de Callataÿ more than 25 years ago.
The ERC SILVER project is led by Francis AlbarèdeORCID 0000-0003-1994-1428 who enthusiastically supported the creation of this website whose two portals were designed by François de CallataÿORCID 0000-0002-5381-2534 and developped by Bernhard KrabinaORCID 0000-0002-6871-3037. Dr. Caroline Carrier has partly prepared the spreadsheets for some 1,800 coin die-studies and 2,000 overstrikes.
Currently, there are 2,771 entries in the database.
The Die-Studies Database (DSD) aims to gather and make available all the produced die-studies for the Graeco-Roman world in its broad acceptance from Spain to India. It is intended to offer a key tool for putting monetary productions into perspective and estimating their volumes. The DSD largely enlarges and improves the c. 630 cases collected and presented by the two Recueils quantitatifs de la production monétaire for the Greek world 4 5.
Currently, there are 2,963 entries in the database.
The Greek Overstrikes Database (GOD) aims to gather and make available all the known overstrikes for the Greek world in its broad acceptance from Spain to India whatever the metal (but gold overstrikes are rare). Overstrikes are of course a decisive tool for chronologies (what is below is before) but they also prove to be of fundamental importance for the study of coin circulation, especially for the silver flows, hence this development into the frame of the project SILVER. The various material collected for GOD has been gathered since 2010 by François de CallataÿORCID 0000-0002-5381-2534 with the great help of David MacDonald 6 7.
References
- ^ Albarède, Francis - Blichert-Toft, Jane - Callataÿ, François de - Davis, Gilian - Debernardi, Pierluigi - Gentelli, Liesel - Gitler, Haim - Kemmers, Fleur - Klien, Sabine - Malod-Dognin, Chloé et al. (2021), “From commodity to money: the rise of silver coinage around the ancient Mediterranean (6th-1st century BCE),” Archaeometry, 63 (1), 2021, p. 142-155. (https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12615).
- ^ Albarède, Francis - Callataÿ, François de - Debernardi, Pierluigi - Blichert-Toft, Janne (2021), “Model for ancient Greek and Roman coinage production”, Journal of Archaeological Science, 131, DOI 105406 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105406).
- ^ Blichert-Toft, Janne - Callataÿ, François de - Télouk, Philippe - Albarède, Francis (2022), “Origin and fate of the greatest accumulation of silver in ancient history”, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14:64, 10 p. (see https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01537-y)
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2017), “Greek Overstrikes Database: a short presentation”, in Maria Caccamo Caltabiano et al. (eds.), XVth International Numismatic Congress. Taormina. Proceedings, I, Messina, 2017, p. 467-470.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
