XVI International Numismatic Congress

[⊝ not streamed] Propaganda, communication and religion on the coinages of Classical and Hellenistic Crete

16 Sept 2022, 09:40

20m

Auditorium Maximum - Adam Mickiewicz Hall

oral presentation S15. GREECE 15. DECODING THE MESSAGE: REVIEWING PROPAGANDA, COMMUNICATION AND LOCAL IDENTITIES ON THE COINAGES OF CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC CRETE

Speaker

Manolis I. Stefanakis (University of Aegean)

Description

The aim of this paper is to review the models of religious communication and propaganda messages encoded on coins struck by various Cretan mints from the 5th to the 1st century BC. The analysis of the imagery placed on Cretan coins, especially by the major mints, indicates that coin-types often commemorated important mythological and religious traditions in an attempt to support locality and ethnicity, as well as implying supremacy over neighbouring cities.