my numismatist colleague is retiring, so we are looking for another ancient numismatist here at Warwick! Friendly department, coin collection to use in teaching and outreach, and another numismatist to chat to!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU516/a...
This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Modern baking ovens with dough baskets piled on top
Prepping a talk on Eurysaces the baker for an open day tomorrow and thus was rather *too* delighted to pop out to see modern bread baskets at my local bakery this morning!
Reset the "days since Birmingham Uni management make the news for all the wrong reasons" counter, lads.
A picture of a sign on the Glasgow subway ticket machine saying they do not accept new King Charles bank notes
Never change Glasgow 😂
We Lived Happily during the War And when they bombed other people's houses, we protested but not enough, we opposed them but not enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house- I took a chair outside and watched the sun. In the sixth month of a disastrous reign in the house of money in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money, our great country of money, we (forgive us) lived happily during the war.
"in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war."
- Ilya Kaminsky
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
A clay figurine with a roughly humanoid shape, displayed against a neutral wall. The figure has a rounded head with small, hollowed-out eyes and a faint, worn-down nose. The body is thick and cylindrical, with two protrusions on the sides that resemble arms. The lower half is fractured Cracks run throughout the surface, smal holes can be seen
Roman 'voodoo doll' from Eining: Hand-modeled clay figurines with puncture holes are commonly referred to as 'voodoo dolls'. Archaeological and epigraphic evidence indicates that these figurines were pierced with nails or needles by individuals attempting to influence or harm a person. 🧵1/2
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today is a day I get to teach coinage and that is ALWAYS a good day! One of today's discussion points below: a decadrachm of Syracuse signed by Kimon circa 405-400, AR 36 mm, 43.34 g, with a charioteer being crowned by Nike on one side and the nymph Arethusa surrounded by dolphins on the other..
Lego @davidfearn.bsky.social
Our official host for the day, the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, tells us all about their participation over the years in ILCD.
See link to there special web-page: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
@profyarrow.bsky.social there is a good discussion of the coin shovel by Beckmann in the AJN. 👍 😁
Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Luna with a serene facial expression, and draped cloak. Perforated crescent moon above her head.
Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Sol with long curly hair, serene expression, and draped cloak. Perforated radiant above his head. The upper part of the altar is missing.
Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026. As Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, you will contribute to the teaching of ancient Greco-Roman history and Classics in the School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA Ancient History and Archaeology, BA Classics, BA Classical Studies, as well as MA Classical Civilisation and MA Classics. This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time, 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6-9pm Monday to Friday. To be successful, you will bring research expertise in ancient Greek history, broadly understood (this could include the history of Greek-speaking lands under the Roman empire), as well as ancient Greek literature, and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community. We would also welcome applicants who could contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. The postholder could potentially take advantage of Birkbeck’s new Immersive Learning Centre for teaching or research. As Lecturer, your core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students. With a PhD in any area of Ancient History/Classics relating to the ancient Greek world,...
We're hiring at Birkbeck!
Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, full-time and open-ended. Closing date March 18th.
Details here: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Clare Rowan with a VR headset moving ancient coins around in virtual reality.
Exploring the potential of VR coin handling and exhibitions with classics students and the amazing Rob O'Toole in anticipation of the Money and Medals Day next week!
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
I know there is much out there right now to be much angrier at. But GoogleBooks losing search functionality is super duper bad news bears for researchers in book fields. Like, it’s hard to even express how very very bad. www.reddit.com/r/google/s/O...
Like in my very non technical way.... maybe it's clearing cookies or something? 😂 (speaking from absolute ignorance)
Works for me but they've obviously updated it to a new site. That may be the issue at your end....
Only a few days left to sign up for the Money and Medals Network latest training day on 19th February - Engaging diverse audiences with numismatic collections - its a hybrid event with both online and in person attendance possible!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
A closed pub with a weathered sandstone carving of the dying Gaul from the Capitoline museum in Rome.
#BlueskyClassics
Check out this nuts bit of Classical reception: The Dying Gladiator pub in Brigg, North Lincs. Opened in the 1860s it is, allegedly and unsurprisingly, the only pub named this in the world. With it's weathered copy of the Dying Gaul sculpture. Wild.
CNG Electronic Auction 603 Lot 475 PISIDIA, Isinda. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (20mm, 6.04 g, 5h). Radiate bust right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Human foot in sandal left, serpent to right. von Aulock, Pisidiens 898-900; RPC IX 999; SNG BN 1617. Green patina with earthen highlights, porosity. Good Fine. From the Heather Howard Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 34 (30 July 2001), lot 63603.
What is the story is with the big foot on this provincial coin of Trajan Decius? Did the Isindians have a foot idol in their local temple? Something in the Odyssey with Achilles' Elephantiasis? A reference only found in Pausanius' lost Description of Asia? Inquiring minds want to know.
#Numismatics
its that time of year! Tickets available for our student production of Aeschylus' Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides) Thurs and Fri next week @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Warwick Arts Centre.
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/qKj...
Finally, the WCC UK is on Bluesky! Lots of exciting updates in the next few months, so do give us a follow @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
Began my course on the third century crisis today and we were all feeling this precise vibe 😂
A headline to sum up our times:
A picture showing a naked figure holding a rectangular sign over their head with their left hand, with three lines in Greek
A close up of the sign, but the Greek is still too faint for me to read
A small bronze figurine holding a sign in Greek, now on display in Leicester Museum's Egypt galleries. Unfortunately not much information known and I can't read the Greek through the glass but I am intrigued! Has anyone come across anything similar or know anything of this piece?
And the finest Christmas tradition has arrived — #DuvetKnowItsChristmas is today! 1) Follow @rhodri.biz 2) post your pics of your makeshift Christmas Eve sleeping arrangements and 3) give money to the homeless @centrepointuk.bsky.social
