Dr. Spencer Pope: A History of Numismatics
October 3, 2013
Following Owen Phillips’ talk about Roman Glass, Dr Spencer Pope from the Department of Classics took the floor to guide us through critical moments in the history of numismatics from the Ancient World referring exclusively to coins in the McMaster Museum of Art’s Bruce Brace Coin Collection.
Let him take you on that journey now…
This talk was presented September 18, 2013 (during Hamilton Lifelong Learning Week) and complements the exhibition of Antiquities and Numismatics, curated by Dr. Pope and Mr. Owen Phillips, now on view in the Museum’s E. Togo Salmon Gallery.
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