Search for dissertations about: "numismatics"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word numismatics.

2. 1. Suspended Value : Using Coins as Pendants in Viking-Age Scandinavia (c. AD 800–1140)

   Author : Florent Audy; Nanouschka Myrberg Burström; Anders Andrén; Dagfinn Skre; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coin-pendants; archaeology; numismatics; Viking-Age Scandinavia; material culture; economy; religion; craftsmanship; Birka; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The use of coins as pendants is a common practice in the Scandinavian Viking Age (c. AD 800–1140). About three per cent of the coins circulating in Scandinavia show signs of having been adapted for suspension, either with a small hole or a loop. Modifying coins in this way changes the nature of the object. READ MORE

4. 2. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

   Author : Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. READ MORE