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A Metrological Survey of Ptolemaic Bronze Coins II: Alexandria First and Second Centuries BC
American Journal of Numismatics (AJN), 2021
A quantitative analysis is presented of weights of more than 4,400 Ptolemaic bronze coins representing Alexandria’s issues of the second to first century BC, from the time of Ptolemy V through the reign of Cleopatra VII. Large samples of over 40 coin types yield better weight statistics than previously published. Novel population analyses help describe and classify some types that are difficult to distinguish and enable comparisons with populations of other coin types. The distribution of some types in hoards are clarified based on quantitatively sound classifications. This study suggests new hypotheses of relationships and possible weight standards for the late Ptolemaic bronze coinage.
Bronze Coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt in the Second Century BC
Drawing primarily on hoards, but also on metrological and metallurgical analyses, the authors propose a relative chronology and classification for Egyptian bronze coinage of the second century bc. This coinage is characterized by diverse obverse types that served as consistent denomination markers, even as the weights of the several denominations were reduced in piecemeal fashion. A debasement of the alloy introduced a metrologically stable currency that remained in circulation from before mid-century to 115 bc. The subtlety of the early weight reductions and the long period of stability raise doubt whether changes to the currency could have caused the much-studied price inflation of the second century.
Three Gold Coinages of Third-Century Ptolemaic Egypt
Revue belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie CLIX, 2013, p. 49-150.
The paper reports the results of die studies of three major Ptolemaic gold coinages of Alexandria: the coinage in the name of the Theoi Adelphoi, featuring the jugate busts of the two first Lagid couples; the mnaieia in the name of Arsinoe Philadelphus; and the main issue of mnaieia depicting the radiate Ptolemy III wearing the aegis like a chlamys. The die studies reveal a distinct pattern of production for each of these coinages. Metallurgical analyses identify the stocks of metal used and provide new evidence for the absolute chronology of the first two coinages. The authors also discuss other evidence relevant to chronology, hoards and circulation, and the probable functions of the three coinages.
The military, economic and cultural relations between Aquileia and the North Africa during the Roman age is well renowned. This connection reached its height during the late Roman period, as suggested by the literary sources and the archaeological finds. The Edictum de pretiis attests the corn supply route between Aquileia and Alexandria, while massive finds of amphoras, oil lamps and red slip wear vases are the evidence of the systematic importation of products from the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. In the same period, a monetary workshop was operating in Aquileia (295/296-425 AD) covering the demand of coins, bronze denominations in particular, for a large area between the western and the eastern part of the Roman empire. The aim of this study is to ascertain, thanks to the evidence of coin finds, to what extent the military and economic ties between Aquileia and North Africa affected the circulation of the Aquileian coins along the southern border of the Roman Empire.
Drawing primarily on hoards, but also on metrological and metallurgical analyses, the authors propose a relative chronology and classification for Egyptian bronze coinage of the second century bc. This coinage is characterized by diverse obverse types that served as consistent denomination markers, even as the weights of the several denominations were reduced in piecemeal fashion. A debasement of the alloy introduced a metrologically stable currency that remained in circulation from before mid-century to 115 bc. The subtlety of the early weight reductions and the long period of stability raise doubt whether changes to the currency could have caused the much-studied price inflation of the second century.
During the fi rst three years of Vespasian's reign, coins which depicted Nilus bust were minted in Alexandria. Some scholars relate these representations to the reported by Cassius Dio (LXVI 8, 1) sudden exceptional Nile fl ooding which took place after the emperor's arrival in Alexandria. However, the dates of both events are disputable. It seems that Nilus bust on the coins is rather an expression of Roman emperors' complying with requirements of the tradition which identifi ed the monarch with the renewed Nile. The river god Nilus was one of the divinities belonging to the triad whose worship was associated with the ruler cult in the times of the Ptolemies as evidenced by the inscription from Canopus, dedicated to Serapis, Isis, Nilus, king Ptolemy (III Euergetes) and queen Berenice (II). 1 According to J.N. Svoronos, a head of a bearded man with his hair bound with a taenia and falling on the neck, depicted on coins attributed to Ptolemy VI Philometor, represents Zeus or Nilus. 2 J.M.C. Toynbee 3 and S. Bakhoum 4 adopted the identifi cation proposed by R.S. Poole, who attributed this type of coin to the reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and associated the head on the obverse with Nilus. 5 During the Roman period a personifi cation of the Nile depicted in the form of a bust of a bearded man with cornucopia was a recurring iconographic motif on the coins minted in Alexandria. 6
MARCUS ANTONIUS AND CORCYRA: REFLECTIONS ON COINS
RBN, 2018
is article is focused on the study of the mint output of Corcyra after the formation of the Roman protectorate (229 bc). is coinae consists of silver and bronze denominations with a rane of types influenced by the tradition of Corinth and the Hellenistic kindoms and the prototypes of denarii. As their chronoloy has not been firmly established, a new proposal is currently suested takin into consideration the archaeoloical research and the limited hoard evidence.