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Analysis of the contemporary Czech banknotes of Oldřich Kulhánek and the suggestion of new Czech banknote
PECINOVÁ, Kristýna
The bachelor thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part states a short analysis of development and technology of production of means of payment and coins, contemporary Czech bank notes and their authors. There is also described a comparison of Czech banknotes' and European banknotes' motives. In the theoretical part are included information about the author of banknotes' concept, Mr. Oldřich Kulhánek. In the practical part is described the own process of banknote concept itself in details. A part of practical part shows the own concept of the banknote.
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Inmortale quod opto. Iconographic analysis of chosen medals of Antonio Abandio
Hončová, Adéla ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Nespěšná Hamsíková, Magdaléna (referee)
This thesis focuses primarily on the iconographic analysis of ten medals made by Antonio Abondio, a court medallist at the court of Emperor Maximilian II and his son Rudolf II. The introductory part of the thesis dedicated to the biography of Antonio Abondio is followed by a short outline of the development of art medals production in Italy and in Central Europe and of the factors which had an impact on Abondio's work. The core of my study is an actual analysis of some selected pieces made on commission for prominent individuals of the said period. A particular emphasis is put on the images found on the reverse side of the medals and on theirs paradigm detecting.
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The Iconography of Late Roman Coins (364 - 498 AD)
Vlček, Jan ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Marek, Václav (referee)
(in English) The work deals with the latest development in a period of Roman coinage, which stands off the general interest. The purpose of this work is to define and describe the motives used on Roman coins in the early period defined at the beginning of the government of Valentinian I in 364 and coinage reform of Anastasius I in 498; to classify the individual image groups and explain their importance in terms of state propaganda. The work also notes the relationship between the coin images and legends; use of mint marks as a part of the image content, and describes the relationships among the coin images and contemporary sociopolitical phenomena and events. An important part of the work will be integration of the field of late Roman coins into historical context. The aim will be to determine how the late Roman coins in character were based on previous coinage and then on the contrary how they influenced Byzantine coins.
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Law regulation of banknotes and coins circulation in the Czech Republic
Vrba, Jan ; Kotáb, Petr (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee)
This thesis focuses on the law regulation of the paper currency, coins and money circulation in the Czech Republic. It is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is intended to introduce the issue of the currency to a reader by explaining the concept of money, currency, legal tenders and related matters. It describes also the process of money creation and historical evolution of money in the world and within the Czech Republic as well. The second chapter examines the current law regulation regarding to the currency and the money circulation in the Czech Republic. It provides brief explanation of source of law concept and specifies the fundamental legal regulations relating to the currency and money circulation. The third chapter is concentrated on the role of the Czech national bank as the central bank of the Czech Republic. The fundamental activities performed by the Czech national bank upon the laws, such as the issuance of the fiat money and the management of the circulation of currency, are discussed in this chapter. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the Czech coinage. The chapter describes structure of currency in circulation in the Czech Republic, reveals what is the legal tender in the Czech Republic and identifies certain loophole (error in law) in the regulation regarding the...
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Iconography of Etruscan Coins
Ederová, Kristína ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Militký, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis is devoted to the iconography of coins in ancient Etruria, connected with Etruscan cities. The first part is theoretical and thematically divided into two parts. First of these parts discusses the geography and a brief introduction to the social and economic issues in Etruria. The second part is an introduction to the iconography of Etruscan coins. A few of the most common themes, that occur frequently on individual mintages, are selected and then analyzed in detail. The themes are presented and compared with motifs on Greek or Roman coins, and Etruscan art. For greater clarity is the majority of chosen motifs accompanied with a table, where the occurrence of motifs across the cities is shown. Tables are divided by centuries and mintages, resulting in an overview of the cities, where the motive was used most often. The second part is a catalog of Etruscan coins, broken down by cities. The cities are accompanied by the images of coins and the tables with their denomination, metal and century of their introduction. The aim of this work is to find out what external factors had the greatest influence on the iconography of the Etruscan coins. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Iconography of Roman Coins during the Age of Constantinian Dynasty
Vlček, Jan ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Marek, Václav (referee)
(in English) The Roman coins minted during the reign of Constantinian Dynasty form remarkable and unique group by their motives. The aim of this work is to define and describe the motifs used on Roman coins in this period, classify the individual image groups and interpret their significance in terms of state propaganda. This work also notes the relationship between the coin images and transcriptions, the use of the mint marks as a part of the image content, and describes the relations between the coin images and contemporary sociopolitical phenomena and events.
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Issuance of money by the central bank and its prospect after accession to the European Monetary Union
Moravec, Jaroslav ; Karfíková, Marie (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee) ; Dřevínek, Karel (referee)
Issuance of money by the central bank and its prospect after accession to the European Monetary Union (abstract) The presented thesis analyzes the problems of issuance of money by the Central Bank in the Czech Republic. The issuance of money is analyzed particularly from the viewpoint of its legal regulation but attention is also paid to its practical implementation in the official practice of our Central Bank. The aim of the thesis is to comprehensively elaborate substantial part of the legal regulation in this area. Attention is paid particularly to applicable legal regulation but also to regulations that have been repealed in the period from establishment of the Czech Republic to the present time. This area of our day to day life has not been frequently explored and there is only minimum related financial-law literature. This, on the other hand, provides more space for the analysis of little known information from official practice. The first part of the thesis provides an overview of the history of issuance of money in our territory after 1918. Initially, it deals with the Austro-Hungarian crown currency and its banknotes and coins that had been circulating in this country after the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state. It further analyzes the development of cash circulation of the...
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The Imperial Portrait since Augustus till Traianus
Mrázková, Eliška ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the portraits of emperors and their wifes in free-standing sculpture and coins. The time period includes the Agustan era, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the Year of the Four Emperors, the Flavian dynasty and Nerva and Traianus from the Adoptive Emperors. The thesis compares the artistic interpretation of emperors and ancient literary sources. It describes geographical differences in portrait before and after the accession and context with Roman political propaganda. Historical background is added.
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Grave gifts and the personal equipment of the dead in the early medieval burials and the fade away of this custom
Halašková, Stanislava ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
The topic of the bachelor thesis is Grave gifts and personal equipment of the dead in the early medieval burials and the fade away of this custom. The thesis is divided into three parts. First of them is dedicated to the analysis of selected early medieval burial grounds and closer acquainting with singular items of grave's equipment. In the second chapter are these items closely characterized and dated. I have tried in the last chapter to follow the causes of the phenomenon of fading away of the grave's equipment in early medieval burial grounds. The goal of the thesis is to follow the changes in the frequency of occurrence of the items placed into graves on Czech early medieval burial grounds, focusing on singular kinds of grave's discoveries, determination of chronology and interpretation of the causes of the followed phenomenon.
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Historical trails and early medieval coin findings. Contribution to knowledge of remote and regional communications in the southern and western Bohemia.
ŠTĚPANČÍK, Zdeněk
This diploma thesis deals about the findings of early medieval coins in the southern and western Bohemia, which are used as a source base for understanding the long-distance and regional communications. The basic sources of research of this subject are early medieval coinage findings with regard to the settlement at that time known primarily from archaeological knowledge. Further consideration is given to the passage of proven historical roads and map background, which caught scenery before the industrial revolution. The main goal of this work is to determine how the findings of early medieval coins associated with long-distance communications. Another aim is to capture all the previously known findings of the study area and to attempt a possible reconstruction of the regional communications, which could interconnect settlement areas. The aim of the work is not and cannot be directly detected historic roads in the field, since the work is guided from above ,,from the table" too large area.
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