Expressions of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins
Coins convey powerful messages through their symbolic imagery. These tiny objects reveal how the ancient Greeks conceived of themselves and their relationships to their communities, histories, and beliefs, both religious and political. They bear information about geographies, power and propaganda, artistic techniques and more. The coins selected for this exhibition illustrate these many dimensions of ancient Greek culture, giving researchers and visitors a tangible connection to the past.聽
The coins depicted and described in the online exhibition were incorporated into the syllabus for the Fall 2025 Numismatics Seminar. Some of these coins are currently on view in the exhibit Expressions聽of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins.聽麻豆免费版下载Boulder faculty and students are welcome to work with the 聽in the Ancient & Classical Collection聽in the Collection Study Center by appointment. Coins from Nebel's collection that are not on view in the exhibition are not available for research appointments.
Online Exhibition Introduction
The online exhibition Expressions of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins corresponds to the coins in the physical installation in the University of Colorado Art Museum. In the gallery, the coins are arranged into four bays along the wall: Bay 1 is called Establishing Identities, Bay 2 Visual Currencies, Bay 3 Coins of Rulers, and Bay 4 Roman & Modern. There are four boxes below with linked headings corresponding to the main sections of the exhibition. Use the links below to explore the places and imperial powers from around the ancient Mediterranean that issued the coins featured in the physical exhibition in the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum.聽
Participants of the Numismatics Seminar Fall 2025 are gathered around the table in the Collection Study Center at the CUAM selecting coins for potential display in the exhibit Expressions of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins. The director of the CUAM, Hope Saska, and Professor of Distinction in the Classics Department, Elspeth Dusinberre are featured standing in the background on the left side. (Photo: Phoebe Mock)
Exhibition Acknowledgements
This exhibit was created in association with a class on Ancient Greek Numismatics taught in Fall 2025 by Elspeth Dusinberre. Participants were Ellen Alles, Julia Bowers, James Chanfrau, Caleb Curtis, Joseph Dias, Chancellor Fortenberry, Celia Frankenheimer, Jordan Garcia, Lindsay Howard, Ryan Johnson, Isabella Praslin, Grace Saunders, Camerynn Teuta, Emma Trotter, and Hejing Zhang, as well as Classics Department friends Mary McClanahan and John Nebel, and CUAM Director Hope Saska. Special thanks go to research assistant Phoebe Mock (PhD student, University of Michigan; MA in Classics, 麻豆免费版下载) for designing, implementing, and publishing the online component of the exhibit. Without the generosity and expert participation of John Nebel, neither class nor exhibit would have been possible.
Participants of the Fall 2025 Numismatics Seminar at the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum
This online exhibition was designed, implemented, and published by Phoebe Mock (PhD student, University of Michigan; MA in Classics, 麻豆免费版下载).聽