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Objectives
Geraldine, Fabrikant. “The Good Stuff in the Back Room.” The New York Times. Last modified March 12, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19TROVE.html.
Molloy, Barry, Mariusz Wisniewski, and Aidan O'Sullivan. "Look with your eyes, not with your hands?"
Archaeology Ireland 29, no. 2 (2015). http://www.jstor.org/stable/24327507.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19TROVE.html.
Molloy, Barry, Mariusz Wisniewski, and Aidan O'Sullivan. "Look with your eyes, not with your hands?"
Archaeology Ireland 29, no. 2 (2015). http://www.jstor.org/stable/24327507.
History
Baker, Malcolm. "The Reproductive Continuum: plaster casts, paper mosaics and photographs as complementary modes of
reproduction in the nineteenth-century museum" in Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to
the Present. ed. Rune Frederiksen and Eckart Marchand. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2010.
“Copies and restoration.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/plastercasts/copies.htm
"Cornell Plaster Cast Collection: Past and Present." Cornell University Library. Last accessed April 17, 2017.
https://antiquities.library.cornell.edu/casts/past-and-present.
“Excavations.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/plastercasts/excavations.htm.
Frederiksen, Rune. “Plaster Casts in Antiquity,” in Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the
Present. ed. Rune Frederiksen and Eckart Marchand. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2010.
“Traditional method.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/creation/mould.htm.
reproduction in the nineteenth-century museum" in Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to
the Present. ed. Rune Frederiksen and Eckart Marchand. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2010.
“Copies and restoration.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/plastercasts/copies.htm
"Cornell Plaster Cast Collection: Past and Present." Cornell University Library. Last accessed April 17, 2017.
https://antiquities.library.cornell.edu/casts/past-and-present.
“Excavations.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/plastercasts/excavations.htm.
Frederiksen, Rune. “Plaster Casts in Antiquity,” in Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the
Present. ed. Rune Frederiksen and Eckart Marchand. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., 2010.
“Traditional method.” Classical Art Research Center and The Beazley Archive. Last updated October 26, 2012.
https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Sculpture/creation/mould.htm.
Sculpture
Bust of Isis
Bøgh, Birgitte. "The Graeco-Roman cult of Isis." in The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe. ed. Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen,
Olav Hammer, David Warburton. Routledge, 2014.
Favro, Diane. “Rome, ancient.” Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed December 12, 2016.
http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T073405pg12.
Heyob, Sharon Kelly. The Cult of Isis Among Women in the Graceo-Roman World. Brill Archive, 1975.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Handbook of the Collection, South Hadley: 1984.
Orr, D.G. “Roman domestic religion: the evidence of the household shrines,” Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16.2.
Berlin: 1978.
Pomeroy, Sarah B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves. New York: Schocken, 1975.
“Serapis – Greco-Egyptian Deity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed December 12, 2016.
https://www.britannica.com/ topic/Isis-Egyptian-goddess.
Tyldesley, Joyce. ”Isis – Egyptian Goddess.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed December 12, 2016.
https://www.britannica.com/ topic/Isis-Egyptian-goddess.
Lar
Anderson, Taylor. “The Lares Familiares: The Power to Protect and Punish.” in The Legend of the Lares: Collected Essays,
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2017.
Orr, D.G. “Roman Domestic Religion: the evidence of the household shrines.” Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16.2.
Berlin: 1978.
Standing Female Dignitary
Korn, Hannah. "Standing Female Figure." Curatorial Research Project, Mount Holyoke College, 2010.
Moskowitz, Clara. “Secret to Mayan Blue Paint Found,” Live Science. Last modified February 25, 2008,
http://www.livescience.com/2322-secret-mayan-blue-paint.html.
“Costumed Figure,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed February 23, 2017,
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313151sortBy=Relevance&ft=Costumed+Figure&
offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1.
Buddha
Hafner, James A., E. Jane Keyes, and Charles F. Keyes. “Thailand,” Encyclopedia Britannica, January 4, 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/place/Thailand.
Kossak, Steven. "The Arts of South and Southeast Asia." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 51, no. 4 (1994): 1-88.
doi:10.2307/3269200.
"Naga Buddha statues," Asian Art. Accessed February 2, 2017.
https://www.burmese-art.com/about-buddha-statues/naga-buddha-statues-with-snake.
Stratton, Carol. Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand. Chicago: Serindia Publications, Inc, 2004.
Head of a Man
Becker, Jeffrey A. “Head of a Roman Patrician.” Khan Academy. Accessed April 30, 2017,
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/roman-republic/a/head-of-a-roman-patrician.
Department of Greek and Roman Art. “The Roman Republic.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified October 2000.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/romr/hd_romr.htm.
Frel, Jirí. Roman Portraits in the Getty Museum. Getty Publications, 1987.
Trentinella, Rosemarie. “Roman Portrait Sculpture: Republican through Constantinian.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified
October 2003, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ropo/hd_ropo.htm.
Statuette of Osiris
“Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris.” Pheonix Ancient Art. Accessed April 13, 2017.
http://www.phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/statuette-of-osiris.
Hill, Marsha. “Egypt in the Ptolemaic Period,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Last modified October 2016.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ptol/hd_ptol.htm.
Mojsov, Bojana. Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
“Topics: Metal Work.” Eternal Egypt. Accessed April 12, 2017.
http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServletee_website_action_key=
action.display.topic.details&language_id=1&trait_item_id=10000242.
Bøgh, Birgitte. "The Graeco-Roman cult of Isis." in The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe. ed. Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen,
Olav Hammer, David Warburton. Routledge, 2014.
Favro, Diane. “Rome, ancient.” Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed December 12, 2016.
http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T073405pg12.
Heyob, Sharon Kelly. The Cult of Isis Among Women in the Graceo-Roman World. Brill Archive, 1975.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Handbook of the Collection, South Hadley: 1984.
Orr, D.G. “Roman domestic religion: the evidence of the household shrines,” Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16.2.
Berlin: 1978.
Pomeroy, Sarah B. Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves. New York: Schocken, 1975.
“Serapis – Greco-Egyptian Deity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed December 12, 2016.
https://www.britannica.com/ topic/Isis-Egyptian-goddess.
Tyldesley, Joyce. ”Isis – Egyptian Goddess.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed December 12, 2016.
https://www.britannica.com/ topic/Isis-Egyptian-goddess.
Lar
Anderson, Taylor. “The Lares Familiares: The Power to Protect and Punish.” in The Legend of the Lares: Collected Essays,
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 2017.
Orr, D.G. “Roman Domestic Religion: the evidence of the household shrines.” Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16.2.
Berlin: 1978.
Standing Female Dignitary
Korn, Hannah. "Standing Female Figure." Curatorial Research Project, Mount Holyoke College, 2010.
Moskowitz, Clara. “Secret to Mayan Blue Paint Found,” Live Science. Last modified February 25, 2008,
http://www.livescience.com/2322-secret-mayan-blue-paint.html.
“Costumed Figure,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed February 23, 2017,
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313151sortBy=Relevance&ft=Costumed+Figure&
offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1.
Buddha
Hafner, James A., E. Jane Keyes, and Charles F. Keyes. “Thailand,” Encyclopedia Britannica, January 4, 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/place/Thailand.
Kossak, Steven. "The Arts of South and Southeast Asia." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 51, no. 4 (1994): 1-88.
doi:10.2307/3269200.
"Naga Buddha statues," Asian Art. Accessed February 2, 2017.
https://www.burmese-art.com/about-buddha-statues/naga-buddha-statues-with-snake.
Stratton, Carol. Buddhist Sculpture of Northern Thailand. Chicago: Serindia Publications, Inc, 2004.
Head of a Man
Becker, Jeffrey A. “Head of a Roman Patrician.” Khan Academy. Accessed April 30, 2017,
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/roman-republic/a/head-of-a-roman-patrician.
Department of Greek and Roman Art. “The Roman Republic.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified October 2000.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/romr/hd_romr.htm.
Frel, Jirí. Roman Portraits in the Getty Museum. Getty Publications, 1987.
Trentinella, Rosemarie. “Roman Portrait Sculpture: Republican through Constantinian.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified
October 2003, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ropo/hd_ropo.htm.
Statuette of Osiris
“Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris.” Pheonix Ancient Art. Accessed April 13, 2017.
http://www.phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/statuette-of-osiris.
Hill, Marsha. “Egypt in the Ptolemaic Period,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Last modified October 2016.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ptol/hd_ptol.htm.
Mojsov, Bojana. Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
“Topics: Metal Work.” Eternal Egypt. Accessed April 12, 2017.
http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServletee_website_action_key=
action.display.topic.details&language_id=1&trait_item_id=10000242.
Ceramics & Tools
Pyxis
Bundrick, Sheramy D. “The Fabric of the City: Imaging Textile Production in Classical Athens.” Hesperia 77, no. 2. 2008.
Lissarrague, François. "Women, Boxes, Containers: Some Signs and Metaphors" in Pandora: Women in Classical Greece. ed.
Ellen D. Reeder. Baltimore: The Trustees of The Walters Art Gallery, 1995.
“Pyxis and Exaleiptron.” University of Oxford Classical Art Research Centre and the Beazley Archive. Last modified 2012.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/ pottery/shapes/pyxis.htm.
Roberts, Sally Rutherfurd. The Attic Pyxis. Chicago: Ares Publishers, 1978.
"The Veii Painter (Biographical details)," The British Museum. Accessed March 30, 2017.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=94378.
Lekythos
Benson, Carol. "Maenads" in Pandora: Women in Classical Greece, ed. Ellen D. Reeder. Baltimore: The Trustees of The
Walters Art Gallery, 1995.
“DIONYSOS (Dionysus) – Greek God of Wine Festivity (Roman Bacchus),” Theoi. Accessed November 3, 2016.
http://www.theoi.com/ Olympios/Dionysos.html.
"Oil flask (lekythos)," Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Accessed April 14, 2017.
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/oil-flask-lekythos-153967.
"Oil Flask (Lekythos)," RISD Museum. Accessed on April 14, 2017.
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/84_oil_flask_lekythos.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, “Lekythos: Oil Flask,” Encyclopædia Britannica, last modified November 15, 2012,
https://www.britannica.com/art/lekythos.
University of Oxford, “Lekythos,” Classical Art Research Centre. Last modified October 22, 2012.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/shapes/lekythos.htm.
Oil Lamp
Cam, Alp. “The History of Oil Lamps: Dr. Alp Cam Reports on His Research” Ceramics Technical (November 1, 2014).
Bailey, D.M. A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum Vol 2 Roman Lamps made in Italy. London: British Museum, 1980.
Faley, Elizabeth, ed. “Roman Pottery Lamps” Craven Museum & Gallery. Accessed November 2016.
http://www.cravenmuseum.org/archaeology/fact-sheets/roman-pottery-lamps/.
Gardner, Gregg E. “City of Lights: The Lamps of Roman and Byzantine Jerusalem” Near Eastern Archaeology 77, no. 4
(December 2014).
Rüpke, Jörg. “Religion in the House: Lamps,” in Companion to Roman Religion, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Turtle Oil Lamp
Sun, Zhixin, Cary Y. Liu, Lillian Lan‑ying Tseng, and Pengliang Lu. Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties.
New York: Yale University Press, 2017.
Cammann, Schuyler. "Some Early Chinese Symbols of Duality." History of Religions 24, no. 3 (1985): 215-254,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062255.
Dien, Albert E., Six Dynasties Civilization. Yale University Press, 2007.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, “Han dynasty,” Encyclopædia Britannica. Last modified December 14, 2015.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Han-dynasty.
Double-Spouted Vessel
Proulx, Donald A. A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through Its Art, Iowa City: University Press, 2006.
Townsend, Richard F. "Deciphering the Nazca World: Ceramic Images from Ancient Peru." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 11,
no. 2 (1985): 118, doi:10.2307/4108730.
Wingate, Zenobia. "Double Spouted Vessel." Curatorial Research Project, Mount Holyoke College, 2011.
Hill Censer
Ayers, John. The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art: Chinese and Korean Pottery and Porcelain.
London: Arts Council of Great Britain by Lund Humphries, 1964.
Jessica Rawson, “The Chinese Hill Censer, boshan lu : A Note on Origins, Influences and Meanings,” Arts Asiatiques 61, no. 1 (2006).
Vollmer, John. Asian Art in Focus: A Resource Guide for Educators. San Antonia Museum of Art, 2005.
White, Julia M., Ronald Y. Otsuka. Pathways to the Afterlife: Early Chinese Art from the Sze Hong Collection.
University of Hawaii Press, 1993.
Bundrick, Sheramy D. “The Fabric of the City: Imaging Textile Production in Classical Athens.” Hesperia 77, no. 2. 2008.
Lissarrague, François. "Women, Boxes, Containers: Some Signs and Metaphors" in Pandora: Women in Classical Greece. ed.
Ellen D. Reeder. Baltimore: The Trustees of The Walters Art Gallery, 1995.
“Pyxis and Exaleiptron.” University of Oxford Classical Art Research Centre and the Beazley Archive. Last modified 2012.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/ pottery/shapes/pyxis.htm.
Roberts, Sally Rutherfurd. The Attic Pyxis. Chicago: Ares Publishers, 1978.
"The Veii Painter (Biographical details)," The British Museum. Accessed March 30, 2017.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=94378.
Lekythos
Benson, Carol. "Maenads" in Pandora: Women in Classical Greece, ed. Ellen D. Reeder. Baltimore: The Trustees of The
Walters Art Gallery, 1995.
“DIONYSOS (Dionysus) – Greek God of Wine Festivity (Roman Bacchus),” Theoi. Accessed November 3, 2016.
http://www.theoi.com/ Olympios/Dionysos.html.
"Oil flask (lekythos)," Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Accessed April 14, 2017.
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/oil-flask-lekythos-153967.
"Oil Flask (Lekythos)," RISD Museum. Accessed on April 14, 2017.
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/84_oil_flask_lekythos.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, “Lekythos: Oil Flask,” Encyclopædia Britannica, last modified November 15, 2012,
https://www.britannica.com/art/lekythos.
University of Oxford, “Lekythos,” Classical Art Research Centre. Last modified October 22, 2012.
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/shapes/lekythos.htm.
Oil Lamp
Cam, Alp. “The History of Oil Lamps: Dr. Alp Cam Reports on His Research” Ceramics Technical (November 1, 2014).
Bailey, D.M. A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum Vol 2 Roman Lamps made in Italy. London: British Museum, 1980.
Faley, Elizabeth, ed. “Roman Pottery Lamps” Craven Museum & Gallery. Accessed November 2016.
http://www.cravenmuseum.org/archaeology/fact-sheets/roman-pottery-lamps/.
Gardner, Gregg E. “City of Lights: The Lamps of Roman and Byzantine Jerusalem” Near Eastern Archaeology 77, no. 4
(December 2014).
Rüpke, Jörg. “Religion in the House: Lamps,” in Companion to Roman Religion, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Turtle Oil Lamp
Sun, Zhixin, Cary Y. Liu, Lillian Lan‑ying Tseng, and Pengliang Lu. Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties.
New York: Yale University Press, 2017.
Cammann, Schuyler. "Some Early Chinese Symbols of Duality." History of Religions 24, no. 3 (1985): 215-254,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062255.
Dien, Albert E., Six Dynasties Civilization. Yale University Press, 2007.
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, “Han dynasty,” Encyclopædia Britannica. Last modified December 14, 2015.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Han-dynasty.
Double-Spouted Vessel
Proulx, Donald A. A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through Its Art, Iowa City: University Press, 2006.
Townsend, Richard F. "Deciphering the Nazca World: Ceramic Images from Ancient Peru." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 11,
no. 2 (1985): 118, doi:10.2307/4108730.
Wingate, Zenobia. "Double Spouted Vessel." Curatorial Research Project, Mount Holyoke College, 2011.
Hill Censer
Ayers, John. The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art: Chinese and Korean Pottery and Porcelain.
London: Arts Council of Great Britain by Lund Humphries, 1964.
Jessica Rawson, “The Chinese Hill Censer, boshan lu : A Note on Origins, Influences and Meanings,” Arts Asiatiques 61, no. 1 (2006).
Vollmer, John. Asian Art in Focus: A Resource Guide for Educators. San Antonia Museum of Art, 2005.
White, Julia M., Ronald Y. Otsuka. Pathways to the Afterlife: Early Chinese Art from the Sze Hong Collection.
University of Hawaii Press, 1993.
Coinage
Tetradrachm
“Greek and Roman Coins.” Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Last modified 2010,
http://www.cngcoins.com/Greek+and+Roman+Coins.aspx.
McIntyre, Andrew. “Coins of Alexander the Great.” Coins of Time.
http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html.
“THE LEON NEMEIOS.” Theoi, http://www.theoi.com/Ther/LeonNemeios.html.
Walbank, Frank W. “Alexander the Great: King of Macedonia,” Encyclopædia Britannica. Last modified April 7, 2015.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great.
Sestertius
“Faustina The Younger.” Forvm Ancient Coins. Accessed December 10, 2016.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Faustina%20Junior.
“Happiness, Cheerfulness and Joy,” The Sign Language of Roman Coins. Last modified August 14, 2009.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_happy.html.
Levick, Barbara M. Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Badian, E. “Annia Galeria Faustina: Roman Patrician,” Encyclopædia Britannica, Last modified February 18, 2008,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Annia-Galeria-Faustina.
“Greek and Roman Coins.” Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Last modified 2010.
http://www.cngcoins.com/Greek+and+Roman+Coins.aspx.
Kai Yuan Tong Bao
Hartill, David. Cast Chinese Coins: A historical catalogue. Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2005.
Watt, James C.Y. China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.
Department of Asian Art, “Tang Dynasty (618–906).” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified October 2001.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm.
“Greek and Roman Coins.” Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Last modified 2010,
http://www.cngcoins.com/Greek+and+Roman+Coins.aspx.
McIntyre, Andrew. “Coins of Alexander the Great.” Coins of Time.
http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html.
“THE LEON NEMEIOS.” Theoi, http://www.theoi.com/Ther/LeonNemeios.html.
Walbank, Frank W. “Alexander the Great: King of Macedonia,” Encyclopædia Britannica. Last modified April 7, 2015.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great.
Sestertius
“Faustina The Younger.” Forvm Ancient Coins. Accessed December 10, 2016.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Faustina%20Junior.
“Happiness, Cheerfulness and Joy,” The Sign Language of Roman Coins. Last modified August 14, 2009.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_happy.html.
Levick, Barbara M. Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Badian, E. “Annia Galeria Faustina: Roman Patrician,” Encyclopædia Britannica, Last modified February 18, 2008,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Annia-Galeria-Faustina.
“Greek and Roman Coins.” Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Last modified 2010.
http://www.cngcoins.com/Greek+and+Roman+Coins.aspx.
Kai Yuan Tong Bao
Hartill, David. Cast Chinese Coins: A historical catalogue. Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2005.
Watt, James C.Y. China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.
Department of Asian Art, “Tang Dynasty (618–906).” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last modified October 2001.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm.