Ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics Research Papers (original) (raw)

2025, Le Mystère Cléopâtre

2025, Visages. L'art du portrait grec et romain dans les collections du Louvre

2025, Панченко В.В. О псевдо-автономной чеканке Амиса // Исторические, культурные, межнациональные, религиозные и политические связи Крыма со Средиземноморским регионом и странами Востока: Материалы VI Международной научной конференции (Севастополь, 3-7 октября 2022 г.) – М.: ИВ РАН, 2022. – С. 361-366

В псевдо-автономной чеканке Амис в основном придерживался известных ранее типов (Афина, сова, Дионис и его атрибуты), одновременно использовал новые (Гермес, речной бог). Псевдо-автономные монеты, судя по параметрам, за редким исключением принадлежат к младшим номиналам (в отличие от императорских монет). Легенда ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ появляется на монетах со времени Траяна и чеканится регулярно, причем как на псевдо-автономных монетах, так и на монетах с изображениями императоров. На общем фоне монетной чеканки римского периода эмиссии псевдо-автономных монет в целом носят эпизодический характер, в то время как выпуски императорских монет отличаются известной регулярностью, что логично, учитывая принадлежность Амиса провинции Вифиния-Понт. Скорее всего, они чеканились разово, может быть, по случаю.

2025, Revue Belge de Numismatique

Recension de l'ouvrage Tokens, value and identity, édité par Antonino Crisà (éd.). Travaux du Cercle d’études numismatiques 22, Bruxelles 2021, 208 p.
L'ouvrage s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un ambitieux projet ERC intitulé Token
Communities in the Ancient Mediterranean et coordonné par Clare Rowan,
de l’université de Warwick (2016-2021). Plus spécifiquement, il reprend dix contributions d’un atelier organisé en octobre 2018 à la British School de Rome, précédées d’une courte introduction d’Antonino Crisà, éditeur du volume. Les contributions portent sur la protohistoire de la Méditerranée centrale (Marazzi, Tusa), le monde hellénistique (Crisà, Gkikaki), l’empire romain (Dalzell, Kiernan, Mittag, Molinari, de Callataÿ), l’Islam médiéval (D’Ottone Rambach) et l’Italie tardo-médiévale (Saccocci).

2025, P. van Alfen et al. (eds), White Gold. Papers from a Conference at the Israel Museum, 25-28 June 2011, New York

How to Explain the Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus The city of Cyzicus was a colony of Miletus, with which it shared the division of the citizen body into six phylai, and also the calendar.2 Cyzicus issued electrum coins from the second half of the sixth century BCE down to the reign of Alexander III.3 The small tuna fish was used as the city's emblem on both coinages.4 The aim of this chapter is to reexamine all evidence we have about the city of Cyzicus down to the end of its electrum coinage and to consider why it was minted. Literary and Epigraphic Evidence The electrum coinage of Cyzicus was among the most famous of the ancient world. The earliest mention of staters of Cyzicus in literary sources is some verses of the fragmentary Poleis of the comic poet Eupolis, who lived between 446 and 411 BCE (PCG fg. 233 l. 1). From Athenian financial documents of the second half of the fifth century BCE, we may infer that some payments *The author wishes to thank François de Callataÿ for reading this article. 1.

2025, L'Antiquité à la BnF

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, d'abord connu pour avoir été un des principaux ministres de Louis XIV, était aussi un collectionneur de « médailles », terme alors employé pour désigner les monnaies anciennes. Si cet intérêt peut refléter une inclination personnelle , il tient du « vice à la mode » au XVIIe siècle, époque de la « République des médailles » , plus encore sous le règne de Louis XIV, le roi numismate.

2025, CoinWeek.com

Akragas (Agrigentum in Latin, now Agrigento, Italy) was founded around 582 BCE by Greek colonists from the nearby city of Gela on the south coast of Sicily. Located between two small rivers and blessed with fertile soil in the surrounding area, it grew to be the second-largest city of Sicily, exceeded only by the great port of Syracuse. Akragas issued some of the most beautiful and admired ancient coins ever struck.

2025

This article explores the history of the Punjab region during the Sultanate period, a time when Muslim rulers established their authority over the region. It examines the political, social, and cultural developments that occurred during this era, which lasted from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The article focuses on the various dynasties that ruled over Punjab during this period, including the Ghurids, the Mamluks, the Khiljis, the Tughlaqs, and the Lodis. It discusses the impact of these dynasties on the region's economy, trade, and urbanization, as well as the growth of religious and cultural institutions. The article also examines the impact of the Sultanate period on the region's people, including the impact on gender roles, social hierarchy, and religious practices. Overall, the article provides a comprehensive overview of Punjab's history during the Sultanate period, highlighting the key political and cultural changes that shaped the region during this time.

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Cilicia has been inhabited since the 8th millennium BC and has a strategic importance due to its location and geography. This dissertation aims to unearth the cities of Colybrassus, Carallia and Casae, which are located on the border of the Pamphylia Region in Rough Cilicia, which are rarely mentioned in ancient sources and have not been excavated or surveyed so far. In the first part, the history of the cities is discussed in the light of antique and modern literary and epigraphic sources, and important information about the political and socio-cultural structures of the cities is obtained. In the second part, all the coins of the cities published so far were cataloged and the coin minting processes of Colybrassus, Carallia and Casae were examined. The types used by the cities on their coins are listed and explained in detail. In addition, the coin units, the legends they used, and the countermarks on the coins are also included in the study. The third chapter focuses on the sharing of dies, identifying the dies of Colybrassus, Carallia and Casae and the common dies they used with other cities, and emphasizing the relations between the cities. The fourth chapter concludes the study with a catalog of coins. This dissertation provides a detailed history of Colybrassus, Carallia and Casae in the light of ancient and modern literary sources, archaeological and epigraphic data and coins.

2025, CoinWeek.com

TO THE ANCIENT Greeks, he was Hephaistos . To the Romans, he was Vulcan. To the Etruscans, he was Sethlans. Many ancient cultures imagined a god of fire who presided over volcanoes and was a metalsmith who crafted magical armor and weapons. Of the 12“Olympian” gods of the Greco-Roman pantheon, he appears on the fewest coins — a special challenge for collectors eager to assemble a “complete” type set of deities.

2025, OMNI 18

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This is a publication of a rare Cyzicene electrum hemihecte (1/12 stater) uncovered during excavations at Phanagoria, dating back to 400–330 BC. The hemihecte features an image of a kneeling Perseus holding a harpe and the head of the Gorgon Medusa (Hurter, Liewald 2004, no. 162). The Perseus series of electrum includes the stater, hecte, hemihecte, and myshemihecte, with only one specimen of the hemihecte recorded until today. A stater depicting Perseus was previously found in the chora of Phanagoria, now complemented by this hemihecte from the same series. Small and fractional denominations of Cyzicene staters – such as hectae and hemihectae – are rare in the numismatic landscape of the Bosporos and Thrace, in contrast to areas like Berezan, Olbia, or Istrus, where they are more commonly found. Aside from the Patraeus 1998 hoard (CH XI, 4), which included three hectae and hemihectae mixed with Panticapaean
silver, only seven separate finds of Cyzicene electrum fraction have been recorded in the Bosporus, specifically in Kerch, Hermonassa, Phanagoria, Kepoi, and the Taman 3 Settlement. Bosporan epigraphy frequently mentions hectae, hemihectae, and myshemihectae, indicating that Cyzicene electrum was commonly used as small change by Bosporans in international trade transactions. Of particular interest is a fourth century BC Phanagorian graffito, roughly contemporaneous with the published find, which mentions hemihectae in connection with the grain trade: an unidentified Phanagorian merchant appeals to Hermes for help in selling
grain at a rate of three hemihectae per medimnos. Since the Cyzicene stater’s exchange rate was notably higher in the Bosporan Kingdom than in Athens, trading Bosporan grain became highly profitable. For instance, in 328/7 BC, the Bosporan Kingdom rate was 28 Attic drachmas per stater, compared to 21 drachmas and 4 obols in Athens (Demosth. Against Phormio XXXIV. 23), where the grain price, at times, rose to 11 drachmas per medimnos. Given the exceptional rarity of single Cyzicene electrum finds, particularly smaller fractions of stater in the Bosporus, this hemihecte from Phanagoria offers valuable insights into the circulation of Cyzicene electrum in the Northern Black Sea region and its role in the Black Sea grain trade.

2025, SOME ASPECTS OF ETHNOLOGICAL AND NUMISMATIC RESEARCH ON MEDIEVAL TOWNS.შუა საუკუნეების ქალაქების ეთნოარქეოლოგიური და ნუმიზმატიკური კვლევის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი

The analysis of the discussed cases shows that
the study of medieval archaeological monuments in
Georgia should be carried out in conjunction with the
information obtained from grave complexes, ethnic
traditions, and cultural realities. At the same time, it is
essential to consider that the coin never loses its primary function as a means of payment. It can be used
as an exchange medium, just like other objects, in the
grave, where it plays the role of a “Charon’s obol” and
also during rituals, where it serves as an attribute of
certain rituals according to the principle of substitution.
The above-mentioned examples suggest that it
is possible to suppose that different coins, which are
part of the funeral inventory and were created for use
in life, were directly dependent on ethnic traditions,
social status, and economic capabilities. Each coin
found in the grave, when analyzed in a broader context, becomes an essential material source, first in numismatics and then, more broadly for history

2025, Athena Parthenos

Athena Parthenos is follwed up through ancient greek coinage as a symbol of freedom. The printed book is available by Busso Peus in Frankfurt

2025, CoinWeek.com

Much of what I have learned about ancient coins over the years has come from books, articles, and conversations with dealers, scholars, and other collectors. But a great deal has come from studying ancient coin auction catalogs. I've accumulated hundreds of these catalogs, to the point that shelf space has run out and they are beginning to pile up on the floor. For beginning collectors, coin auction catalogs-even those written in English and wellillustrated-can be baffling. Let's consider how to make sense of them.

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Patricia Hatcher reflects on her interdisciplinary studies during the American Numismatic Society's summer graduate seminar. The ANS taught skills to succeed in academia and unsuspectingly showcased alternative careers for those studying... more

2025

The chemical composition of the metal of the staters of the Bosporan King Rhescuporis V with the date ΔΞФ (564 Bosporan era = AD 267/8) is studied. For the first time, the presence of chlorine is detected not only on the surface of coins, which is associated with the technique of using special silvering pastes based on silver chlorides, but precisely in the core of the coin, which is rich in copper. The discovery of copper chloride in the core of the coin suggests that the raw material for the coinage alloy could be metal from oxidation zones of copper deposits in the steppe zone or deserts, or deposits located near the Black Sea coast. Similar deposits with chlorine-containing copper ores, which were mined in ancient times, are known in the Eastern Black Sea region, the Caucasus, Anatolia, the Urals, and Kazakhstan.

2025, BMCR https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2024/2024.11.47/

2025, (with E. Gruber) in S. E. Bond, P. Dilley, and R. Horne (eds), ISAW Papers 20 (2021), http://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/q83bkdqf.

The Opportunity As a type of evidence for the ancient world, coinage is unique. Coins are monetary objects, and thus a key element in modern attempts to reconstruct the workings of the ancient economy. For example, through the process of "die-study" it is possible to determine with some degree of accuracy how many dies were used to strike a given coinage. This provides us with a way to quantify ancient monetary production. Since coins can also be attributed to particular rulers or cities with some degree of certainty, this makes it possible to ascertain the monetary output of different cities, kingdoms and empires, and to compare them with one another. There now exists a substantial body of scholarship devoted to the estimation of size of production, but comparatively little as yet to its broad analysis or representation in interactive media such as timelines or maps. Coins are also archaeological objects in that they have findspots. Coins within archaeological contexts have much to tell excavators about the contexts they are digging, but also more broadly about the monetary profile of the site they are excavating compared to others of similar or different types; from multiple sites a regional history may emerge (see, e.g., Reece, 1982). But findspots also give coins a trajectory. If we know where a coin was made and where it was found, we have evidence for movement, connectivity, and economic circulation (see Map 1). Map 1: Distribution of Roman denarii (blue: mints, red: hoards, green: individual finds). Few archaeological objects from antiquity can be mapped from source to deposition with such certainty as coins, and yet again we are only beginning to exploit the possibilities of this evidence in analytical and representational tools. Moreover, with the advent of the metal detector, individual coin finds and their recording are no longer confined to excavation material. The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) in the United Kingdom, for example, now has recorded findspots for some 412,000 coins (Pett 2014; see Map 2). The PAS has led to new works of synthesis (e.g., Leins, 2012; Walton, 2012). Other similar databases have seen online publication in recent years. Finds databases for Roman coins found outside the Roman Empire exist for both Germany and Poland. The University of Oxford is creating a large-scale database of Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire (CHRE), to join with the American Numismatic Society-led initiatives Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic (CHRR) and the Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards (IGCH) to paint a broader picture of coin hoarding spanning a millennium from Archaic Greece to the end of the Roman Empire. These projects are at varying stages of integration into the wider numismatic research ecosystem. Only when it becomes possible to compare data sets across multiple modern source countries will we be able to write the larger monetary history of ancient imperial spaces. Map 2. Coin finds in the UK PAS database (): colors derived from density of finds by location. Unlike most other forms of archaeological evidence, coins are official objects: their designs and inscriptions can tell us about the intentions of their issuers and, perhaps, the preconceptions of their users (See e.g., Fig. ). The iconographic and epigraphic repertoire of ancient coinage is a huge, and substantially un-mined resource for examining areas from local religion to imperial economic policy; from individual political ambition to communal statements of identity. And there is scope here, as recent work has shown (Kemmers, 2006; von Kaenel and Kemmers, 2009), to marry the evidence from findspots to that of the iconography of the objects, and thereby expose patterns of administration invisible from other sources.

2025, R. Ashton and N. Badoud (eds), Graecia capta? Roman influence on coinage and its circulation in the Aegean Basin in the second and first centuries BC (Basel, 2021), pp. 127-185

For discussion of the chronology, circumstances of deposit and date of the latest issue, for which she accepts the revised date proposed by Alföldi, see Lotringer (2002) 11-12. The Penetration of the Denarius and Quinarius Standards into Asia Minor in the 1 st Century BC ANDREW MEADOWS 1. What standards? 1.1. Roman practice To search for evidence that the weight standard of the denarius and quinarius appeared in Asia Minor in the 1 st century BC, it is necessary first to determine what this standard was. The question is not quite as straightforward as it might seem. In their recent study of the composition of Roman coinage in the early imperial period, Butcher and Ponting examine the question of the weight of the late Republican denarius. They note: 'Crawford proposed an average weight of 3.86g as the standard of the Republican denarius, but noted variation from issue to issue, so that one type of M. Volteius (75 BC) had a peak at 3.9g, and another at 3.8g [RRC 594-5]. The similarity of those results to the ones given in Table .1 confirms the fact that there was no decline in the weight standard over that period, even if there was some variation. For the sake of consistency, we will take a weight of 3.9g as the average weight of the Republican denarius, while recognizing that a slightly lower weight of 3.88g is also possible.' 1 The table to which they refer summarizes the weights of nine issues of the 40s BC (RRC 443/1, 463/1a, 465/1, 2, 3a, 4, 5 and 468/1, 2) contained in the Arbanats hoard of 959 denarii. 2 For the first of these issues (RRC 443/1) they also produce a weight table on the basis of the 133 specimens included in the hoard. The Arbanats hoard is worth closer examination, particularly since it belongs to the period that we will be considering in Asia Minor. Buried perhaps in 40 BC, in the context of Agrippa's Gallic campaign of that year, it contains in general well-preserved coins stretching from c.138 BC (RRC 231/1) to c.40 BC (RRC 529/2c). 3

2025, A. Meadows and U. Wartenberg (eds), Presbeus. Studies in Ancient Coinage Presented to Richard Ashton (New York, 2021), pp. 103-52

is in large part the product of the period of COVID- lockdown in mid-. It could not have been contemplated, let alone completed, without access to the material that numerous curators and others have been working to place online in recent years. An obvious "thank you" is due to all who worked to create and populate the American Numismatic Society's Pella online resource for the Alexanders. For the Lysimachi I am further grateful to Aneurin Ellis-Evans and Constantin Marinescu, who both generously shared their les with me, Karsten Dahmen for an image from Berlin, and, especially, to Edith Specht who sent me copies of relevant portions of her doctoral thesis. And nally, of course, I am grateful to Richard: for discussion, advice and help on the subject of this piece, and on much else over the last  years. Among the Alexanders of uncertain attribution in Martin Price's catalogue there is a group of four types that are characterised in three cases by a double-headed axe (bipennis) in le eld:

2025, P. Brun et al. (eds), L’Asie Mineure occidentale au IIIe siècle (Bordeaux, 2021), pp. 31-46.

Pierre Fröhlich, Aigai d'Éolide et Colophon d'Ionie : observations sur les relations extérieures de deux cités dans l'Asie Mineure du iii e siècle .

2025, АП

Двадцать первый выпуск материалов ежегодного научного семинара «Археология Подмосковья», проводимого Институтом археологии РАН, содержит три раздела, посвященных средневековым древностям, исследованиям археологии Нового времени и керамологии -изучению керамических находок. В первом разделе помещены материалы исследований археологических памятников (курганных могильников, городищ и селищ), а также находок из них, в том числе металлургического горна. Среди находок, публикуемых в настоящем сборнике,монетный клад из Троице-Сергиевой лавры из раскопок 2024 г. и реконструкция обстоятельств находки клада 1673 г. Две статьи освещают проблемы изучения фортификации древнерусских городов. Несколько статей посвящены находкам из стекла Нового времени и новым данным о производстве стекла в России этого же периода. Традиционно в публикуемых материалах семинара присутствуют естественно-научные исследования. Отдельная статья рассказывает о более чем 70-летней истории археологического отдела Музейного объединения «Музей Москвы». Издание будет интересно археологам, историкам, краеведам.

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Buluntuyu oluşturan sikkelerin darphanelere göre dağılımına baktığımızda Antiochia (Orontes) (3), Ticinum (1), Roma (2), Aquileia (1), Thessalonica (2) Heraclea (9), Constantinopolis (38), Nicomedia (42), Cyzicus (42), Antiochia (Pisidia) (81) ve Alexandria (13) darphaneleri sikkeleri yer alır. 74 adet sikkenin ise darphanesi okunamamıştır. Buluntuda en erken tarihli sikke MS 197-198'e tarihlenen Septimius Severus Dönemi'nde, en geç tarihli sikke ise MS 350/55 yılları arasında Constantius Gallus Dönemi'nde darp ettirilmiştir. Buluntuda Antiochia (Pisidia) darphanesi sikkeleri en yüksek orana sahiptir

2025, Монеты государства Селевкидов из российских коллекций. Каталог и исследование. Музейные собрания. Том I.

Опубликовано в издании Смирнова С.В. и Захарова Е.В. Монеты государства Селевкидов из российских коллекций. Каталог и исследование. Музейные собрания. Том I. — М.: АНО МНК / Надежный партнер, 2024. (S.V. Smirnov, E.V. Zakharov. SELEUCID... more

2025, Θέματα Αρχαιολογίας - Themes in Archaeology

Με την εδραίωση της ισχύος της Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, οι καλύτεροι Έλληνες καλλιτέχνες έθεσαν στη διάθεση των Ρωμαίων τις ικανότητές τους, εξυπηρετώντας τις επιθυμίες τους για τη δημιουργία έργων υψηλής ποιότητας και ακτινοβολίας. Ιδιαίτερη άνθηση γνώρισε η τέχνη της γλυπτικής, το θεματολόγιο της οποίας επηρεάστηκε κυρίως από τα έργα του 5ου και του 4ου αιώνα π.Χ. Η επιρροή αυτή συνίσταται στη μίμηση και τον επιλεκτικό συνδυασμό των διακριτικών στοιχείων των κλασικών και ύστερων κλασικών γλυπτών με σκοπό την δημιουργία νέων, κλασικιστικών έργων. Στόχος του παρόντος άρθρου είναι η μελέτη και η κριτική πραγμάτευση των κειμενικών και αρχαιολογικών μαρτυριών για τον βίο και το έργο του γλύπτη Πασιτέλη, ο οποίος δραστηριοποιήθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια του πρώτου ημίσεος του τελευταίου αιώνα π.Χ. στη Ρώμη βασιζόμενος στο τεχνοτροπικό ιδίωμα του κλασικισμού. Υπήρξε ευέλικτος καλλιτέχνης φιλοτεχνώντας σε λίθο αλλά και σε ακριβά υλικά, όπως ο χρυσός και το ελεφαντόδοντο. Εκτός από γλύπτης ήταν και τορευτής αλλά και ιστορικός και θεωρητικός της τέχνης.

2025, Histoire de la monnaie en 20 objets

La variété des représentations animales sur les monnaies grecques fait écho aux multiples messages qu’elles véhiculent : évoquer une divinité, un mythe, un territoire, voire un Etat ou un souverain. Plus rares sont les espèces figurées pour elles-mêmes. Parmi elles, les bêtes sacrifiées aux dieux ou les animaux montés sont souvent reproduits avec un souci presque naturaliste. Ce cours sera l’occasion d’explorer la diversité de ces images et leurs interprétations.

2025, Hécate

La presencia de monedas de la serie VI sardo-púnica en contextos militares relacionados con la Segunda Guerra Púnica nos llevan a analizar la circulación de esta moneda en todo el territorio peninsular. Mediante el análisis de los patrones de distribución y la comparativa con otros conjuntos monetales del conflicto, establecemos una relación entre la presencia de estas piezas y la logística del ejército romano republicano.

2025, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

This article presents the results of scientific analyses performed on nine ancient imitations of Roman Republican silver denarii, which are part of a group commonly referred to as "Geto-Dacian" imitations, and discusses the data in a broader context. The coins were dissected and analyzed for their composition in the core with synchrotron micro X-ray fluorescence analysis (μ-SRXRF); their microstructure was examined with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) using backscattered electrons. Micrographs of all the cross-sections are published. The majority of the coins were found to have a high standard of fineness of more than 93% silver, which is in good agreement with the few modern analyses of this class of coinage published up to now (performed with a different analytical method, viz. atomic absorption spectrometry, AAS). The coins were also analysed for their main impurities (Au, Pb, Bi), and this data was compared with trace metal signatures of published groups of Republican denarius imitations as well as official Roman denarii. *Numismatic Commission, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (bernhard.woytek@ oeaw.ac.at).

2025, CoinWeek.com

TITUS FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS–better known as Domitian–has gotten a raw deal from historians, thanks largely to Rome’s ace gossip columnist, Suetonius (lived c. 69-122). Born on October 24, 51 CE at Rome, Domitian was the younger son of Emperor Vespasian, who ruled from 69 to 79. For much of his life he was overshadowed by his brother, the popular
Emperor Titus, who was 10 years older. Following the premature death of his brother at the age of 41 , Domitian was proclaimed Emperor by the Praetorian Guard. He would rule for 15 years until he was assassinated in a palace coup. The abundant collectible coins of Domitian in all metals
illustrate a critical period in Roman imperial history.

2025, CoinWeek.com

In 30 BCE, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. For over three centuries, Roman Egypt maintained a separate, closed currency system, based on the denominations of the previous Ptolemaic kingdom. Regular Roman coins did not... more

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In the peculiar city pantheon configured by the coinage of the polis of Hipponion, an exceptional place is re-served for an otherwise unknown goddess, named Pandina, who appears on bronze coins minted in the final decades of the 4th century. B.C. and whose name also occurs in the coinage of Terina. The numismatic collec-tion of Vito Capialbi, kept at the National Archaeological Museum of Vibo Valentia, preserves thirty-one exam-ples, which suggest new reflections on the iconography of the type, the more exact decoding of which is inter-twined with the scientific biography of the great collector and scholar from Monteleone.

2025, А. П. Козлов , Б. И. Леонов , А. В. Якушечкин '' К вопросу о времени начала функционирования монетного двора в Крыму''. .

К вопросу о времени начала функционирования монетного двора в Крыму . Введение в научный оборот монеты времени Мунке,
перечеканенной из крымского пула со всадником, а также
предварительные выводы и являются целью данной работы.

2025, OZeAN

In the late 40s and 30s BC the tyrant Nikias of Cos reigned his homeland. During his reign, which cannot be dated with absolute certainty, he minted coins with his portrait. This paper argues that these portraits, neither adorned with a... more

2025, Vestnik drevney istorii

The paper presents an archaeological and numismatic analysis of the image of the
ceremonial royal helmet on the coins of Diodotus Tryphon, the Seleucid usurper of the
mid‑second century BC. The archaeological analogies to the individual elements of the
‘Tryphon’s helmet’ design allow us to suggest the existence of a real royal helmet, which
served as a prototype for this coinage. In terms of iconography, the ‘Tryphon’s helmet’ is
a composite image where both Macedonian and Dionysian motifs can be found. Taking into
account the political context, it is worth recognizing that the royal Tryphon’s helmet was
not only an example of the Hellenistic ceremonial equipment, but also an important tool for
legitimizing the usurper’s power, which relyed on the loyalty of the military elites of Apamea
on the Orontes.

2025, Heritage

The numismatic collection in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland, New Zealand, is an extensive although little-known collection. As part of a wider rehousing project for the coins, a trial was conducted to rehouse the Greek and Roman coins to establish the best storage and analysis practices. Records were also created or updated during this process to make them visible online and enable their use in future research. Best practice standards include handling and measurement practice, retaining all existing information about the collection, and, where possible, reuniting coins with their acquisition information. The project's end goal is to create populated records in the museum database (Vernon) for the entire numismatic collection, either through updating existing records, creating records using available acquisition information, or creating records with temporary numbers where that information has been lost. This report gives a brief history of the collection and the rehousing process and suggests future research avenues.

2025, Cycle de conférences : L’art grec était-il grec ?

2025, Tübinger Numismatische Studien

Dieser Band widmet sich der kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung der griechischen Polis Tralleis in Kleinasien. Ausgehend von einem umfassenden Typenkatalog der Emissionen der frühen und mittleren Kaiserzeit untersucht die Studie anhand der Ikonographie der Münzen die kulturelle Konnektivität zwischen den Städten der Region des mittleren Mäandertals. Die Bilder selbst oszillierten zwischen lokalen Bezügen und Repräsentationen des römischen Kaiserhauses, während das städtische Geld als ein Kommunikationsmedium ersten Ranges fungierte. So gibt die Münzprägung von Tralleis in ihrem geographischen Kontext nicht nur zahlreiche Einblicke in urbane Kultur, sondern auch Aufschluss über die von den lokalen Eliten eingesetzten kommunikativen Gestaltungsstrategien, die ihre eigene Polis im zwischenstädtischen Diskurs um Loyalität, Kulte, Geschichte und Rang möglichst effektvoll positionieren sollten.

2025

In: K. Martin, M. Mulsow, J. Wienand (Hrg.), Universitäre Münzsammlungen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft (Göttingen 2025)
ISBN: 978-3-525-30608-6 (print)

2025

John Quincy Adams (1767- 1848) sixth President of the United States, and his son Charles Francis Adams (1807 - 1886) were avid collectors of ancient coins. The family coin collection was donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society by grandson Henry Adams (1838 - 1918) and eventually sold in a series of New York auctions in 1971. Proceeds of the sale helped to fund the editing and publication of the Adams papers. Coins from the Adams Family Collection continue to appear in the numismatic trade. This presentation to members of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guide was delivered on 22 January 2025 on Zoom.

2025, Revista de Arheologie, Antropologie și Studii Interdisciplinare

Note on a ‟repaired” Roman coin. The study presents a remarkable Roman issue kept in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology in Iași. It is a denarius serratus of Q. Antonius Balbus (83-82 BC), which belongs to a hoard discovered in the vicinity of the Drobeta site. This coin was originally sloppily pierced in order to be worn as a pendant. Subsequently, at a time we cannot estimate, the hole was plugged with a piece of metal. It has drawn our attention that the ‟repair” was very carefully carried out. The Roman craftsman tried to integrate the added material as well as possible, taking into account the metal (silver with a 97-98% fineness), colour, relief and design of the coin. The aim was to reproduce as accurate as possible, the original appearance of the denarius in order to reinsert it into monetary circulation in Dacia. The only analogies we have found in the specialized literature refer to perforated Roman coins, mostly of gold (aurei, solidi) and, rarely, of silver (denarii), discovered in territories outside the Empire (India and the east-central and north European Barbaricum), which have been ‟repaired” in a similar manner in order to restore their original monetary function.
Key words: Dacia, Drobeta, denarius serratus, perforation, ‟plugged” coin.

2025, RTSENA 11

L. Schmitt et Philippe Schiesser, Obole de Xanthos trouvé à Troyes, quand la Lycie se déplace dans l’Aube, dans, textes publie par D. Hollard et K. Meziane, La Monnaie à Troyes et en Champagne de l’Antiquité à nos jours, actes du colloque... more

2025, Permuta Inter-Associados da SPN

Bem vindos à 84ª Permuta por Correspondência Inter-Associados da Sociedade Portuguesa de Numismática, cujo catálogo agora se apresenta, que integra 541 lotes de moedas romanas portuguesas, estrangeiras e publicações de numismática e para a qual esperamos o melhor acolhimento entre toda a comunidade SPN. Nesta Permuta, a primeira de 2024, temos o prazer de incluir a 1ª parte da coleção do nosso saudoso Associado Honorário, o Senhor Capitão Fernando Cantista Pizarro Bravo (lotes 1-254 e 520-24), prestigiado colecionador e cultor da numismática, em especial, a referente ao Mundo Romano. Ao longo de muitas décadas, o Capitão Pizarro Bravo reuniu uma extensa e valiosa coleção de moedas romanas, de Portugal e antigas colónias e estrangeiras, a que se juntou, por legado de família, a importante coleção do general flaviense, Eng.º António Moraes Sarmento, constituída fundamentalmente por numária romana, onde sobressaem dois lotes de moedas aparecidos no concelho de Chaves. Nesta e nas próximas Permutas, os Senhores Associados terão oportunidade de constatar a importância deste grande acervo numismático que, apesar de centrado na numária romana, abrange outros períodos históricos da numismática. Os primeiros 254 lotes, pertencentes à coleção do Capitão Pizarro Bravo, constituem um expressivo conjunto de denários da República e do Império Romano, bem como alguns antoninianos e nummi, genericamente em muito bom estado de conservação, onde podemos encontrar algumas peças escassas, raras e muito raras, como é o caso dos denários republicanos, entre outros, de A. Terentius Varo (lote 1), T. Veturius (lote 7), Sex. Iulius Caesar (lote 19), A Postumius Albinus (lote 72; ex. proveniente de Lagares, Outeiro Seco, Chaves), C. Egnatius Maxsumus (lote 74), Q. Pomponius Musa (lote 80), L. Roscius Fabatus (lote 81), C. Servilius (lote 87), M. Cato (lote 95), Petillius Capitolinus (lote 99), C. Cassius Longinus e L. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (lote 102); entre os denários imperiais o destaque vai para os magníficos exemplares de Augusto, cunhados em Emerita e Col. Patricia (lotes 111-2), bem como os de Octaviano (lotes 113-4), assim como outros exemplares do Império da generosa lista apresentada (lotes 109-183). Mas o maior destaque vai para os lotes 520 e 521, compostos por 68 denários republicanos e imperiais, e 59 sestércios de Domiciano a Antonino Pio, procedentes do tesouro de Santo Estêvão, aparecido em 1879, e de um outro também da região de Chaves, respetivamente, conjuntos com o maior interesse numismático, histórico e patrimonial que, por certo, despertarão o maior interesse aos participantes na 84ª Permuta. Nesta 1ª parte da coleção Pizarro Bravo também se apresenta algum numerário nacional e estrangeiro, onde merecem uma especial menção: o raro Tostão (com a Cruz de Aviz) de João III (lote 191), os sempre apreciados Cruzados de Pedro II (lotes 195-97),

2024, Новые находки античных монет в Беларуси

The article dwells on the recent finds of Roman Imperial coins in Belarus. Russian language.

2024, Revue Belge de Numismatique 170, 364–425

The R.B. Witschonke Collection at the American Numismatic Society adds many new early (i.e., Attalid) and late (i.e., post-Attalid) cistophoric issues. The new varieties add important elements to our knowledge of cistophoric production patterns, as they seem to suggest an ‘ear- marked’ and partly centralized production in Attalid times, followed by a more decentralized production under the Romans. However, new data provided by late cistophoric specimens included in the R.B. Witschonke Collection hint at a possible coordination in cistophoric production patterns, even if the civic authorities were ultimately responsible for the minting. The last part of this paper provides a die study of the late cistophori produced by the city of Laodicea on the Lycum, presumably between the very late 90s and the very late 60s BCE.

2024

Seleucus Nicator as a General of Alexander needs a revaluation.

2024, KOINON The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies VII (2024): 123-128

The Bactrian Indo-Greek Rulers (BIGR) research tool has facilitated the identification of an example in commerce of a cast forgery of a Cu-Ni coin of the Baktrian king Agathokles. This identification was made by the matching coin to its visually identical double in a museum collection in the BIGR database. In all likelihood the museum coin is also a fake, one that had its origins in the mid-19 th century.

2024

Monnayages en or du Groupe de Normandie: la typochronologie des types " au chaudron". Cahiers numismatiques de la Société d'Études Numismatiques et Archéologiques n° 242, décembre 2024.

2024, S. Damigos, P. P. Iossif, O. Kaklamani & Y. Stoyas (eds.), Memory and Impression: Walking through loci and images of the Peloponnese. Proceedings of an international colloquium organised at Tegea (December 12-13, 2019), Athens: Benaki Museum / KIKPE, 2024.

The present collective volume offers an assemblage of twenty-one studies under the title Memory and Impression: Walking through loci and images of the Peloponnese. This ensemble of combined efforts embellishes the thematic under discussion through a series of approaches aiming to enhance parts of the remembered past in dialogue with a specific space and context.
[Introduction written by Y. Stoyas, with contributions by S. Damigos, P. Iossif, and O. Kaklamani].