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The Money and Medals Network is a Subject Specialist Network that aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of coins, medals, tokens and paper money in British collections.
Funded by the British Museum, Arts Council England and The Vivmar Foundation the Network aims to facilitate dialogue and debate around research methodologies, interpretation, display and learning programmes.
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The first Money & Medals numismatic training day
was held on the 27th of June at Manchester Museum. The event was run in conjunction with Museum Development North West who were able to provide a numismatic starter kit for each attending institution. Representatives from fifteen museums and galleries across the region were present. The day was a great success and special thanks must go to Lynsey Jones of Museum Development North West for helping to make the day’s programme of events run so smoothly.
The Money & Medals Network has been successful in securing funding for 2013-15.
Arts Council England announced the successful applicants for the next round of funding. The MMN was among the 16 bids.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/funding-subject-specialist-networks-announced/
On this day...
On October 23 42 BC Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, committed suicide. Two years before, Brutus had joined Gaius Cassius Longinus in the plot against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. The result of Caesar's assassination was to plunge the Roman world into a new round of civil wars, with the Republican forces of Brutus and Cassius vying for supremacy against Octavian and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Antony at a battle in Philippi, Greece, in October 42 B.C., Cassius killed himself. On October 23, Brutus' army was crushed by Octavian and Antony at a second encounter at Philippi, and Brutus took his own life.
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numismatics, n. The study of coins, medals, and (occas.) banknotes, esp. from an archaeological or historical perspective. Also: the collection of these as artefacts.
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