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Judaea and Rome in Coins, 65 BCE to 135 CE

 

 

 

 

A two-day international conference with the theme Judaea and Rome in Coins, 65 BCE to 135 AD, was held at the premises of Spink and Son Ltd. in London on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th September 2010. 

The event, co-ordinated by David Jacobson, Nikos Kokkinos and Philip Skingley and co-sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London (UCL), followed two previous London conferences (The World of the Herods and Nabataeans in 2001 and Herod and Augustus in 2005), which were successful and have become reference points.

The period covered spans the Roman conquest of Judaea by Pompey, through the years of the Herodian dynasty to the last major Jewish uprising against Roman rule under Simon Bar-Kokhba, and encompasses the birth of Christianity. The past few decades have seen considerable advances in numismatic scholarship dealing with this period, partly stimulated by archaeological exploration and numerous coin finds, which have shed light on various political, social and economic issues.  The conference was used to exchange views and analyse the fresh developments from new perspectives.

Well-known experts in the fields of Roman and Jewish numismatics delivered lectures in four sessions over two days. Hospitality in the form of buffet lunches and refreshments was provided.  The Spink showrooms were open for the duration of the Conference and a small related exhibition was on display in the British Museum.  The papers will be published as soon as possible.

 

 

Monday 13 September 

09:00 Registration of Delegates on arrival at Spink and Son Ltd., 

          69 Southampton Row, London WC1

09:45 Welcome to Spink and the Conference by Philip Skingley 

          (Associate Director, Spink); with a few words by the

          co-organisers, David Jacobson (UCL) and Nikos

          Kokkinos (UCL)

 

Session 1 – Chair:  Kevin Butcher

10:00 The Herodian Coinage Viewed Against Rome, Andrew 

          Burnett (The British Museum, London)

10:40 Question Time

10:45 On the Graphical Interpretation of Herod's Year 3 Coins,

          Robert Bracey (The British Museum, London)

11:25 Question Time

11:30 Coffee

 

Session 2 – Chair: Philip Skingley

12:00 Roman Influence on Jewish Coins, Rachel Barkay (Bank of

          Israel, Jerusalem)

12:40 Question Time

12:45 Politics, Economy and Ethnicity: Coin Circulation in Early

          Roman Galilee, Danny Syon (Israel Numismatic Society,

          Jerusalem)

13.25 Question Time

13.30 Lunch 

 

Session 3 – Chair: Nikos Kokkinos

14:30 The Chronology of Pontius Pilatus and New Numismatic and

          Archaeometallurgucal Research, Kenneth Lonnqvist

          (University of Helsinki)

15:10 Question Time

15:15 The Interpretation of Nerva's Fiscus Judaicus Sestertius,

          Marius Heemstra (Groningen University)

15:55 Question Time

16:00 Tea

16:30 A Presentation of the British Museum's Collection of Ancient

          Jewish Coins and Special Concurrent Display, Amelia Dowler

          (The British Museum)

Special Conference Evening Event Hosted by the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London (UCL)

18:00 Buffet Reception in the Terrace Restaurant

18:45 Public Lecture in the Chadwick Lecture Theatre:

          Understanding Herod the Great Through his Coins (Davis

          Jacobson, UCL)

 

Tuesday 14 September 

09:35 Arrival of Delegates.

 

Session 1 – Chair: Andrew Burnett

10:00 The Coinage of the First Jewish Revolt Against Rome,

          Robert Deutsch (Tel Aviv)

10:40 Question Time

 

10:45 Jewish Coinage of the Two Wars – Aims and Meaning, David

          Hendin (New York)

11:25 Question Time

11:30 Coffee

 

Session 2 – Chair: David Jacobson

12:00 Numismatics and the Bar-Kokhba Revolt: Some New

          Discoveries, Boaz Zissu (Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan)

12:40 Question Time

12:45 Hadrian as Nero Redivivus – Some Numismatic Evidence,

          Larry Kreitzer (Regent’s Park College, Oxford)

 

13.25 Question Time

13.30 Lunch 

 

Session 3 – Chair: Danny Syon

14:30 The Cornucopiae Dupondii of Vespasian not Commagene

          but not Syria either, Ted Buttrey (Fitzwilliam Museum,

          Cambridge)

15:10 Question Time

15:15 The Silver Coinage of Roman Arabia, Kevin Butcher

          (University of Warwick)

15:55 Question Time

16:00 Tea

16:30 Group Photograph and End of Conference

 

 

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NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINTED FORM:

David M. Jacobson and Nikos Kokkinos (eds), Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE - 135 CE (London: Spink), 2012.

The papers in this casebound volume are based on presentations at the international two-day conference held at Spink & Son in London on 13-14 September, 2010. The period covered spans the Roman conquest of Judaea by Pompey through to the last major Jewish uprising against Rome under Simon Bar-Kokhba, encompassing the age of the Herods and the birth of Christianity. The contributors to this volume have pooled their specialist knowledge to illuminate important issues in the history of Judaea and its relationship to Rome.

 Link: Judaea and Rome in Coins at Spink

 

CONTENTS:

 

Foreword (by Markham J. Geller)

 

Preface (by the Editors)

 

Andrew BURNETT

The Herodian Coinage Viewed against the Wider Perspective of Roman Coinage

 

Rachel BARKAY   

Roman Influence on Jewish Coins

      

Anne LYKKE

The Use of Languages and Scripts in Ancient Jewish Coinage: An

Aid in Defining the Role of the Jewish Temple until its Destruction

in 70 CE

 

Danny SYON

Galilean Mints in the Early Roman Period: Politics, Economy and Ethnicity

 

Robert BRACEY

On the Graphical Interpretation of Herod’s Year 3 Coins

     

Nikos KOKKINOS

The Prefects of Judaea 6-48 CE and the Coins from the Misty Period 6-36 CE

 

Robert DEUTSCH

The Coinage of the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome: Script, Language and Inscriptions

 

David HENDIN

Jewish Coinage of the Two Wars: Aims and Meaning

      

David M. JACOBSON

The Significance of the Caduceus between Facing Cornucopias in Herodian and Roman Coinage

 

Ted V. Buttrey

Vespasian’s Roman Orichalcum: An Unrecognised Celebratory Coinage

 

Marius HEEMSTRA

The Interpretation and Wider Context of Nerva’s Fiscus Judaicus Sestertius

 

Kevin BUTCHER

The Silver Coinage of Roman Arabia

 

Boaz ZISSU and David HENDIN

Further Remarks on Coins in Circulation during the Bar-Kokhba War: Te’onim Cave and Horvat ‘Ethri Hoards      

 

Larry KREITZER

Hadrian as Nero Redivivus: Some Supportive Evidence from Corinth

      

List of Contributors

 

Group Photograph