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More Than It Would Seem: The Use of Coinage by the Romans in Late Hellenistic Asia Minor (133-63 BC)

de Callataÿ, François

American journal of numismatics (1989), 2011-01, Vol.23, p.55-86

American Numismatic Society

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  • Título:
    More Than It Would Seem: The Use of Coinage by the Romans in Late Hellenistic Asia Minor (133-63 BC)
  • Autor: de Callataÿ, François
  • Assuntos: Alloys ; Art museums ; Bronzes ; Coinage ; Engraving ; Legends ; Numismatics ; Silver ; Soldiers ; War
  • É parte de: American journal of numismatics (1989), 2011-01, Vol.23, p.55-86
  • Descrição: This article mainly covers the period between 133 BC and the end of the Mithridatic wars (63 BC). It challenges the view that Romans were very discreet in the East. Indeed, even if denarii failed to circulate (but see now the overstrikes of the drachms of Philip VI Andriscus) and positive evidence remains scarce (such as the gold staters of Flamininus or the tetradrachms in the name of Aesillas), it is likely that Romans were active behind a full range of civic coinages. Looking for facts, 1) die-studies are now available for important coinages such as Ephesian cistophori, the drachms of Ariobarzanes I, the tetradrachms of Aesillas, the First Macedonian Meris, Mithridates VI, Nicomedes IV, Arados, and Laodicea. These die-studies allow us to correlate the level of production with the presence of Roman armies. To this crucial information, we may add two less significant kinds of evidence: 2) overstrikes, which sometimes allow for the development of hypotheses about metal provenance (cistophoric tetradrachms of Ephesus and Tralles, tetradrachms of Tenedos and Abydos), and 3) technical features which, put into perspective, seem characteristic of a Roman production methods (brockages [Ephesus and Nysa], letters on the obverse [Nicomedes, Lucullus, Aesillas, Oinoanda] or style of engraving [Athens, Fimbria]). At last, we must face the existence of 4) unexpected coinages, unlikely to have been commercial, and well adapted for use by Roman armies (Ainianes and Oinoanda [?]). As a result, a broader and enriched panorama emerges in which the Romans appear as the leading force behind many coinages before 63 BC, when Pompey reorganized the monetary system to explicitly affirm Roman authority.
  • Editor: American Numismatic Society
  • Idioma: Inglês
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