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Nemi Statue and coins

Divine Currency!? Italic and Roman monetary cultures on the Eve of the First Punic War

Liv Yarrow, City University of New York

Abstract

This paper gives careful attention to archeological contexts of bronze finds within religious sanctuaries especially that of Diana at Nemi; explores comparative epigraphic and iconographic evidence, including recent discoveries for San Casciano dei Bagni; and shares results of recent non-destructive experimental techniques (negative Muonic X-rays). The balance of evidence complicates our long-held assumptions regarding intrinsic value of ‘heavy bronze’.
 

Liv Yarrow

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Liv Mariah Yarrow is a Professor at the City University of New York, in Classics at Brooklyn College and in Classics and History at the Graduate Center.  She earned a BA from the George Washington University and an MPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford.  Her books include Historiography at the End of the Republic: Provincial Perspectives on Roman Rule (Oxford 2006) and The Republic to 49 BCE: Using Coins as Sources (Cambridge 2021).  She is presently preparing an edited volume with Dr. Lucia Carbone and Alice Sharpless as the culmination of the  Roman Republican Die Project.  Her on-goiong research projects include a re-evaluation aes grave using metallurgical data and a book project on the transformation, reception, and politicization of historical narratives in the late republic setting the Ciceronian corpus and other texts in dialogue with contemporary material culture.  She is a strong advocate for diversity and access in higher education, with particular pedagogic interests in mentorship and designing programming around cultural heritage and its modern reception.  She maintains an academic blog and invites to you connect via her professional social media channels (Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook).