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...

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.

Never change Glasgow 😂

"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

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 📷️ me 🏺

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. 👍 😁

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

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...

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...

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...

#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.

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

A headline to sum up our times:

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

WE'RE HIRING!!! universityvacancies.com/university-c...

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! The days are getting longer from today 🌞 #Winter #WinterSolstice

Help! Banbury Museum has been told that Cherwell District Council is cancelling ALL of its core funding. There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think. Please respond to the consultation and share this post www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...

Life size and enlarged 3D printed replicas of Roman tokens made by @wmgwarwick.bsky.social to.... think about doing educational things with!

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

the next Money and Medals training event will be hybrid (University of Warwick/online) on 19 Feb and will focus on engaging diverse audiences with numismatic collections. More information and registration details here! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...

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Just a few more days for abstracts if you are interested in the 'Women, Power and Money' conference at Warwick in June this year! warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...

in some languages, they don't say "I love you", they say "I made sure Future You would have a potato", and I think that's beautiful

Fascinating glimpse into everyday Roman life: This samian ware bowl was repaired with lead rivets, clear evidence that it was valued enough to mend rather than discard. The repair reflects either the practical mindset and economic realities of a Roman household, or it may have been a...🧵1/3 📷 me 🏺

all academic applications should have consolation prizes. doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020” or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”

Dave watched this government Education Committee meeting so you didn’t have to. But you do have to read his summary (if you have any interest in the future of HE)

🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History. 🗃️ Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students! See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word... 👇👇👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...

"In London #November isn't a month, it's a state of mind." Antal Szerb, Journey by Moonlight

If you're teaching the Julio-Claudians in schools, you might find this video on how to use coin evidence to teach Agrippina the Younger useful. :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=52AF...

very happy to see my PBSR article on female token issuers in Rome and Ostia is now live! If anyone would like a copy, let me know. :-) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

a lovely new addition to the Classics at Warwick Sketchfab account is this lead token showing a Roman woman! If you want to bring more tokens, and more women, into your life and teaching, have at it. :-) skfb.ly/pDu7X

My son just sent me a picture of a pub cat in a RUFF and how could I not post it for all the rest of you?

The current REF system really encourages temporary staff to burn down their own careers - either you complete research because you need it for your CV, but an institution can claim any resulting outputs before making you redundant so you've nothing to take elsewhere, or...

Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?

Médaillon de vase représentant des arbitres interrompant un combat de gladiateurs. À droite le gladiateur blessé quitte l’arène (retrouvé à Fourvière, IIe-IIIe s.). Il a été présenté dans l’exposition « Spectaculaire ! Le divertissement chez les Romains » au musée Lugdunum à Lyon.

If anyone is interested, at the next Money and Medals online talk I'll be discussing how to engage school groups with coins and tokens (i.e. numismatic collections). 26 November, 12.30-1.30pm online, more info available here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dfc5df...

Most university branding is just so aggressively mid: bland, interchangeable, says nothing about what institutions do. Who does it even appeal to?

Occasionally I like to recall the FT’s finest hour: www.ftadviser.com/opinion/2021...