XVI International Numismatic Congress

Session

S18. GREECE 18. LEVANT AND PTOLEMAIC COINAGE

S18

Sep 16, 2022, 4:00 PM

Auditorium Maximum - Adam Mickiewicz Hall

Conveners

S18. GREECE 18. LEVANT AND PTOLEMAIC COINAGE

• Frédérique Duyrat (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)

211. Refining the Dates of Jewish Coins Using Archaeological Provenance: The Case of Alexander Jannaeus

Donald T. Ariel (Israel Antiquities Authority )

9/16/22, 4:20 PM

oral presentation

Research in the twentieth century on the Jewish coins of the Hellenistic­–Early Roman periods provided a consensus on the historical identities of the Jewish minting authorities, many named only in Hebrew on the coins. More recent efforts have focused on determining the seriation of the types within each ruler’s tenure and fine-tuning their absolute dates. This has been done for the coins of...

135. Ancient Ptolemaic Bronze Coins in the J. Paul Getty Museum: History and Preservation Methods

Almoatzbellah Elshahawi (J. Paul Getty Museum (Graduated Intern))

9/16/22, 4:40 PM

oral presentation

Archaeologists and historians use ancient coins as one of the most important sources of knowledge for interpreting the past. Through the study of coins, we can obtain valuable information about the culture of that time since most coins can be easily dated. This is partly because, unlike most other ancient artifacts, they are often stamped with text and images of rulers from a specific period...

226. The beginning of the Ptolemaic gold coinage

Augustin Roche - Lévêque (Archéosciences Bordeaux )

9/16/22, 5:00 PM

oral presentation

My investigation into the gold coinages of the two first Ptolemies, the quadriga stater and the trichryson (with its division, the tenth), has brought to light several points of interest. Struck under Ptolemy I Soter (and in the first part of Ptolemy II Philadelphus’ reign for trichrysa), these gold coins follow the development of the Ptolemaic coinage: the progressive abandonment of the Attic...