Certain Greek symbols were altered to reflect Jewish religious messages. At the same time, however, their scope, meaning, and use were limited by the observance of ritual purity and the maintenance of local ethnic identity. The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman. It provides a history of the coinage of Alexander the Great and his successors in the Near and Middle East, and of the cities of Greece and Asia Minor, down to the establishment of Rome as a major power in the East as a result of her defeat of Antiochus III of Syria at the battle of Magnesia in 189 BC.
HELLENISTIC COINAGE FULL
This is the first full study of early Hellenistic coinage to be published. That the spread of large quantities of precious metal coinage. Hellenistic art, swimming pools, bathhouses, and symbols on the coins that represent victory, success, government and power, shaped Hasmonean cultural and political identity. 82.28 - 112.00 5 Used from 78.30 10 New from 92.05. antiquity,coined silver functioned as a commerciable commodity in the Hellenistic period. They enable us to see not only the extent of Hellenistic influence, but also how and why Hellenistic markers were used. Early Hellenistic coinage : from the accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamea (336-188 B.C.) Available at Brotherton Library West Building Floor 2. Hasmoneans, Palaces, Coins, Hellenism, 1 Maccabees, Seleucids, Cultural AdoptionĪBSTRACT: The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in Jericho and the numismatic evidence on the Hasmoneans are examined in order to understand the Hasmonean rulers’ approach to Hellenistic culture. The Hellenization of the Hasmoneans Revisited: The Archaeological Evidence Elsewhere the typology is initially Hellenistic, as in coins of Characene which often portray Heracles in the Greco-Bactrian style, but Parthian elements emerge in the later period, particularly in coins of Elymais. ese symbols, which appear on the obverse of coins of Hieron II of Syracuse and his family, are not systematically described in the catalogue, and nowhere gathered in a list, thus implying that they were not related to the mint organization. Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamaea (336-188 BC). On the other hand, the local coinage of Persis is consistently pure silver (drachms and fractions thereof) in respect of design and script it prefigures the Sasanian coinage. Most Hellenistic coinages were produced on an inter- 10 Caccamo Caltabiano et al. It will be indispensable for anyone, numismatist or not, who works in this period, and will stand as a great monument to its author.Morkholm, O. ".the editors have done a splendid job.a brilliant, thorough handbook of Hellenistic coinage for the first half of the Hellenistic Age. coinage, poetry, art, and archaeology Peter Thonemann opens up the history and culture of the vast Hellenistic world, from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the Roman conquest of the Ptolemaic kingdom (30 BC). At Apameia in Phrygia, near the end of the Hellenistic period, names with patronyms appear on bronze coins (Frhlich 2004, p. Later Hellenistic coinage Philip Grierson The end of Macedonian coinage Otto Mørkholm ī. The Balance of Power: Eastern Hellenism c. Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamaea (336188 BC) 106. Ancient Greek and Hellenistic coinage is dated roughly from the end of the sixth century BCE from the issuing of the very first coins down to the year. Macedonia, Asia Minor and Greece Part III. Alexander and the transformation of Greek coinage A big Hellenistic world PART II.
Philip III and the early posthumous coinage Ĩ. The author assumes no prior knowledge of Hellenistic history. A short epilogue has been added by Professor Grierson describing the main features of the coinage after 188 BC. The survey of early Hellenistic coinage, however, is complete in itself. His original intention was to write a survey of Hellenistic coinage down to the Roman acquisition of Egypt in 30 BC, but he died with his project only half finished. Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the Peace of Apamaea (336-188 B.C.) by Mrkholm, Otto and a great selection of related books. Dr Mørkholm's detailed descriptions of the coins, and the 40 pages of plates illustrating over 600 items, will provide a standard work of reference for ancient historians, numismatists and collectors. Hellenistic Royal Coinages (HRC) is a National Endowment for the Humanities funded project based at the American Numismatic Society in New York City. It provides a general history of the coinage of Alexander the Great and his successors, and of the cities of Greece and Asia Minor, over the century and a half 336-188 BC.
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