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The students will acquire basic knowledge of the working methods in numismatics and of historical analysis of the images on the coins. Having attended this course, students should be able to deal with primary sources (coins) from the Roman Empire and secondary literature independently and to critically scrutinize the respective texts.

Based on analysing coins, the course will focus on the representation of roman emperors and their direct successors and predecessors. Furthermore, critical treatment of ancient texts and research literature will be practiced. This will generate many insights into the representation of the AUGUSTI.

Coins from selected Augusti and their direct successors and predecessors will be analysed, compared and discussed in detail; in a second step we compare the image in the coins and the historiographical traditions.

Active participation in the class, presentation of a seminar paper and submission of the BA thesis.