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DR. FERNANDO LÓPEZ SÁNCHEZ  Independent Researcher
 

Born in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1974, Fernando López Sánchez received his Bachelor in history from the University of Zaragoza in 1997. In 1998-2002 studies resumed again in Zaragoza and  at the Maison de l’Archéologie, University of Bordeaux III, France. López-Sánchez’s dissertation  on Late Roman  coins and Late Roman armies was successfully defended in December 

2002. He then conducted post-doctoral research in Oxford  University (U. K.) as member of the Wolfson College and under the supervisión of Sir Professor Fergus Millar (2003-2005). He  was later awarded  by the Spanish Ministry of Education with the prestigious ‘Juan de la Cierva’ (2005-2008) and ‘Ramón y Cajal’ (2009-2013) research positions. He hold  both of them at the Universities of Zaragoza and Castellón (UJI).

 

The main focus of his research is on the  auxiliary military forces of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire from Numidia to Scandinavia,  with an especial approach to coins and coinage. Fernando has recently shifted focus to the Hellenistic aspects  of warfare and diplomacy in the Ancient World. He has taught  on Ancient coins and Ancient history at various universities in Potsdam, Osnabrück, La Paz (Bolivia) and Zaragoza, and  worked  on several important coin hoards and  coin collections  of the Cabinet of Coins and Medals of the British Museum since late November 2006 until May 2013.  He has acquired  all the skills required to a profesional numismatist in this and other important Museums of the world,  with an especial mention to the Cabinet des Médailles et Antiques of the Bibliothèque Nationale of France. He has worked on Ancient Roman history all over Europe and parts of America. Since 2010 he is  also interested in the history and coinage of the Viceroyalty of Peru and of Bolivia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Losers under siege: coins and countermarks of an isolated outpost of soldiers 

at the time of the Independence of Mexico"

 

 

Coins and notes constitute a privileged witness to conflict in Ancient and Modern times. They are often issued to finance and support the efforts of war of many different conflicting sides. In some cases, though, if manipulated after being struck, they can also tell particular stories. In this talk attention is paid to some of the numerous coins counter-stamped in Mexico during its  War of Independence. They can tell us something about the story of a tiny garrison of Spanish-Mexican soldiers who chose twice to be with the loser side.

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