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Coins of Ancient Civilizations

Saturday, March 30, 2019 14:00to16:00
Redpath Museum World Cultures Gallery (third floor), 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
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Why are coins important to archaeologists and researchers? Learn about how currency evolved from commodities like shells, knives, spades and barley to standardized forms of coins like Greek coins, Chinese coins and modern coins.

In English. No reservation necessary.

IMAGE: Arethusa tetradrachma, Magna Graecia, 450 BCE. Redpath Museum. 

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Land Acknowledgement

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

The Redpath Museum's director EDI statement.

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