IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1019: Coins in Medieval Material Culture, I: The Iberian Peninsula
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | James Todesca, Department of History, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Georgia |
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Moderator/Chair: | William R. Day, Department of Coins & Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1019-a | The Currency of Power and Practicality in Visigothic Iberia (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
Paper 1019-b | Power and Symbolism in the Visigothic Kingdom: Monarchical Propaganda through Monetary Typologies (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
Paper 1019-c | Striking Dissimilarities: The Latin Dinars of Leon and Portugal, c. 1172-1260 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics |
Abstract | While medieval coins did not carry the high-relief portraits of their ancient predecessors, they nonetheless give us direct evidence of visual and textual messages promulgated by governments. This session examines the role of gold coinage in the Visigothic kingdom, c. 500-700 and in the later kingdoms of León, Castile, and Portugal. Collectively the papers ask to what extent did monarchs successfully employ coins as propaganda. Was the success of a coin dependent simply on its reliable fineness and weight or did the issuing authority proclaimed on the coin play a role in its acceptance? |