The Thirty Pieces of Silver

Coin Relics in Medieval and Modern Europe

Lucia Travaini

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Routledge
25 September 2023

History; Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)

Series: Religion and Money in the Middle Ages

The Thirty Pieces of Silver: Coin Relics in Medieval and Modern Europe discusses many interconnected topics relating to the most perfidious monetary transaction in history: the betrayal of Jesus by Judas for thirty pieces of silver. According to medieval legend, these coins had existed since the time of Abraham’s father and had been used in many transactions recorded in the Bible. This book documents fifty specimens of coins which were venerated as holy relics in medieval and modern churches and monasteries of Europe, from Valencia to Uppsala. Most of these relics are ancient Greek silver coins in origin mounted in precious reliquaries or used for the distribution of their wax imprints believed to have healing powers.

Drawing from a wide range of historical sources, from hagiography to numismatics, this book will appeal to students and academics researching Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern History, Theology, as well as all those interested in the function of relics throughout Christendom. The Thirty Pieces of Silver is a study that invites meditation on the highly symbolic and powerful role of money through coins which were the price, value, and measure of Christ and which, despite being the most abject objects, managed to become relics.

By: Lucia Travaini
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367688042
ISBN 10: 0367688042
Series: Religion and Money in the Middle Ages
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucia Travaini is Associate Professor of Numismatics, Milan State University, Italy. She has published extensively on coinage and money and has received prizes and honours including the 2012 Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society, London.

Reviews for The Thirty Pieces of Silver: Coin Relics in Medieval and Modern Europe

‘This is an impressive work which benefits from careful reading. It has much to contribute to studies on medieval religion, the use and interpretation of relics, as well as approaches to studies of material culture … this is an excellent, original and interesting book, which deserves broad readership’ - Medieval Archaeology, Volume 66/2, 2022. ‘Travaini must be applauded for this wonderfully researched and presented work, which has much to offer not merely to the medieval and early modern numismatist, but to people with a range of interests, for instance in popular religious history, in the history of numismatics, and in the non-monetary usage of coins, amongst others’ - The Numismatic Chronicle.