Conveners
S16. GREECE 16. ASIA MINOR 1
- Aneurin Ellis-Evans
As a result of the re-dating of the Artemision deposit (IGCH 1153/1154) to c. 640–620 BC, the chronological range of early electrum coinage has been extended considerably. Die-links seem to connect the Royal Lydian coinage with some Ionian series, including that of Miletos. The early Lydian electrum coinage turns out to be much more complex (to avoid the word "chaotic") than hitherto thought;...
I will present the first large-scale statistical overview of patterns in hoarding behaviour in ancient Anatolia in the longue durée. As part of the CHANGE project, funded by the ERC, I have collected and digitised data on Anatolian hoards from the Coins Hoards publications, to add to the data from the Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards available at coinhoards.org. The full data-set includes dates,...
In 2018 the Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften started developing a coin typology of the Troad and Mysia based on coins and casts preserved in Berlin and other resources (corpus-nummorum.eu). Coins were produced in this region from 6th century BC until the reign of Gallienus (AD 253-268). The distribution of mints published by...
For the past century scholars have been attributing the production of a huge issue of gorgoneion drachms with geometric reverse, circa 3.8g, to the mint at Parion in Mysia. Yet neither hoards nor single specimens have ever been found there.
A fresh look at these coins, including a new die study, reveals unusual methods of production. The iconography of this coinage will be compared with other...
