Kyle Erickson, The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins. pp. xiv + 189, 46 ills. 2018. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-41579-376-6, hardcover £96.00

K. Rutter
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This book examines the coinage of rulers of the Seleucid kingdom down to the reign of Antiochus IV, with particular reference to the deployment on coins of images of divinities that were designed to symbolise and support Seleucid authority, which in its turn required the repeated re–creation of Seleucid legitimacy. Crucial questions throughout are: why was a specific coin type chosen? And, why did the coin iconography develop and change along the lines it did? An introductory chapter covers some of the historical background to Seleucid rule, and introduces (some of) the way(s) in which the images on coins can provide insights into the nature of that rule – in particular by the creation of a Seleucid identity and ideology that was based not only on military success, but also on the support of the gods, in particular Zeus and Apollo. A key conclusion is that some of the images can be interpreted in a ‘polyvalent context’ (p. 9), that is, they could have communicated different meanings depending on the different locales and religious traditions in which they were used. From this point of view an important aim of the book is a better understanding of the ways in which the Seleucid kings related to their native populations. Thus, in Chapter 2 the role of the image of the archer god Apollo sitting on the omphalos is assessed in terms of its potential significance in different areas of the empire: Asia Minor, the Syrian tetrapolis, Babylonia, and Iran.
凯尔·埃里克森,《早期Seleukids,他们的神和他们的硬币》第14页+ 189页,46页。2018. 伦敦:劳特利奇。ISBN 978-0-41579-376-6,精装本96.00英镑
这本书考察了塞琉古王国统治者的铸币,直到安条克四世统治时期,特别提到了在硬币上部署的神的形象,旨在象征和支持塞琉古权威,这反过来又需要反复重建塞琉古的合法性。贯穿始终的关键问题是:为什么选择一种特定的硬币类型?为什么硬币的图案会沿着它的路线发展和变化呢?导论一章涵盖了塞琉古统治的一些历史背景,并介绍了硬币上的图像可以提供对该统治本质的见解的方式-特别是塞琉古身份和意识形态的创造,不仅基于军事上的成功,而且基于神的支持,特别是宙斯和阿波罗。一个关键的结论是,一些图像可以在“多价语境”中解释(第9页),也就是说,它们可以根据使用它们的不同地区和宗教传统传达不同的含义。从这个角度来看,这本书的一个重要目的是更好地理解塞琉古国王与其本土人口的关系。因此,在第二章中,我们根据其在帝国不同地区(小亚细亚、叙利亚四波利斯、巴比伦和伊朗)的潜在意义,来评估坐在圆龛上的弓箭神阿波罗的形象所起的作用。
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