PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914297
H. Gitler, Oren Tal
{"title":"Indigenous Coinages in Palestine: Towards an Understanding of the Persian-Hellenistic Transitional Monetary Phase","authors":"H. Gitler, Oren Tal","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914297","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper surveys the minting authorities and royal mints of Palestine under the Achaemenids (ca 450–332 b.c.e.), Graeco-Macedonians (332–301 b.c.e.), and Ptolemies (301–198 b.c.e.) in order to address questions of continuity and change in the monetary administration of the southernmost regions of Coele-Syria. The transformation from minting authorities to royal mints between the periods of Persian and Hellenistic dominations is analyzed against the political reality of Palestine at the time.Abstract:Cet article passe en revue les autorités frappant monnaie et les ateliers royaux de frappe de monnaie en Palestine sous les Achéménides (332–301 a. C.) et sous les Ptolémées (301–198 a. C.) afin d'aborder les questions de continuité et de changement dans l'administration monétaire des régions australes de Cœlé-Syrie. Le passage d'un système où la frappe de monnaie est confiée à certaines autorités à un système où cette frappe est faite par des ateliers royaux, qui s'est produit entre les périodes à domination perse et hellénistique, est examiné sur le fond de la réalité politique de la Palestine à cette période.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"54 11","pages":"250 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139180413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914301
Andrew Meadows
{"title":"Coinage in Imperial Space: Ps.-Aristotle Oikonomika and the Place of Monetary Production","authors":"Andrew Meadows","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914301","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article introduces the historical and monetary problems that lie at the heart of this special volume by offering an overview of the ps.-Aristotelian Oikonomika, particularly regarding its chronological and geographic context, and by outlining the ways in which the articles that follow contribute to elucidating the monetary history of the transition from the Achaemenid to Hellenistic empires.Abstract:Cet article présente les questions historiques et monétaires qui sont au cœur de ce volume spécial en proposant une vue d'ensemble de l'Oikonomika du pseudo-Aristote, incluant notamment son contexte chronologique et géographique, et en précisant de quelle façon les articles qui suivent contribuent à nous éclairer sur l'aspect monétaire de la transition entre les Achéménides et les empires hellénistiques.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"251 ","pages":"3 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914294
S. Psoma
{"title":"The ΣYN Coinage: Agesilaus versus Lysander","authors":"S. Psoma","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914294","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper reviews previous attributions of the coinage, supports dates between 395 and 394 for it, and relates it to Agesilaus ii and the preparation of the fleet by the cities-allies of the Spartans, to which refers the legend ΣYN (synteleia). Iconography—Heracles drakontopnigon—supports the relation to Agesilaus, the Heraclid par excellence, while the Hecatomnus hoard reveals that all coinages on the Chian standard of the hoard are associated with the Spartan-Persian War (399–386 b.c.e.).Abstract:Cet article passe en revue les attributions précédentes de la monnaie ΣYN, argumente en faveur de dates entre 395 et 394 pour celle-ci, et relie cette monnaie à Agésilas ii et à la préparation d'une flotte par les cités alliées des Spartiates, à laquelle la légende ΣYN (synteleia) fait référence. L'iconographie — Héraclès drakontopnigon — soutient la relation avec Agésilas, l'Héraclide par excellence, tandis que le trésor d'Hécatomne révèle que toutes les monnaies appartenant au standard de Chios dans ce trésor sont associées à la guerre spartiato-perse (399-386 a. C.).","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"11 8","pages":"146 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914303
François de Callataÿ
{"title":"Pseudo-Civic not Civic: The Abundant Double Sigloi Struck by Pamphylian and Cilician Cities (ca 460–333 B.C.E.)","authors":"François de Callataÿ","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914303","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper considers all the monetary issues of large silver coins struck in the name of Greek cities between Lycia and Syria under Persian rule. It is argued that these apparently civic coinages were in fact pseudocivic, struck at a supra-civic level for the needs of the Persian army.Abstract:Cet article examine toutes les questions monétaires liées aux grandes pièces en argent frappées au nom des cités grecques situées entre la Lycie et la Syrie sous le règne perse. L'on soutient que ces monnaies en apparence civiques étaient en réalité pseudo-civiques, frappées à un niveau supra-civique pour les besoins de l'armée perse.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"107 2","pages":"45 - 69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914298
Evangeline Markou
{"title":"The Coinage of the Kings of Cyprus From Achaemenid to Hellenistic Rule: An Autonomous Royal Coinage?","authors":"Evangeline Markou","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914298","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article tackles the monetary particularities of the Cypriot kings within the larger frame of the Achaemenid empire throughout the archaic, classical, and early Hellenistic periods, up to the demolition of the kingdoms and local kingship by the Successors of Alexander around 306 b.c.e.Abstract:Cet article s'attaque aux particularités monétaires des rois chypriotes dans le cadre plus général de l'empire achéménide à travers les périodes archaïque, classique, et hellénistique ancien, jusqu'à l'abolition des royaumes et des royautés locales par les successeurs d'Alexandre vers 306 a. C.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"556 ","pages":"261 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914304
Jarosław Bodzek
{"title":"Kings, Satraps, Local Dynasts, and Cities in Achaemenid Imperial Space: Pseudo-Aristotle's Oikonomika and Numismatic Reality","authors":"Jarosław Bodzek","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914304","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The complex pattern of coinage in the Achaemenid kingdom consists of multiple phenomena. Apart from the king, several other authorities minted coins. The minting activity of various representatives of the Great King—satraps and lower-rank officials, as well as military commanders—is of particular importance. The article discusses the current state of knowledge on this subject.Abstract:La mosaïque complexe des monnaies dans le royaume achéménide est constituée de nombreux phénomènes. En plus du roi, plusieurs autres autorités frappaient monnaie. L'activité de frappe des différents représentants du Grand Roi — les satrapes et des officiels de second rang, ainsi que des chefs militaires — est particulièrement importante. Cet article expose l'état actuel des connaissances sur ce sujet.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"229 ","pages":"121 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914300
Karsten Dahmen
{"title":"Money and Legitimacy after Alexander","authors":"Karsten Dahmen","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914300","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper provides an overview on the character of the coinages issued by Alexander's immediate successors. In particular their use of their own names, royal titles, portraits, and introductions of new coin types represent individual choices. An analysis of these choices enables us to understand the way coinage was used as an instrument of legitimacy.Abstract:Cet article donne une vue d'ensemble de la nature des monnaies produites par les successeurs immédiats d'Alexandre. Plus spécifiquement, leur utilisation de leur propre nom, titres royaux et portraits, et l'introduction de nouveaux types de pièces représentent des choix individuels. Une analyse de ces choix nous permet de comprendre comment la monnaie était utilisée comme outil de légitimation.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"77 ","pages":"288 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914302
Peter van Alfen
{"title":"Payment, Profit, or Prestige? The Political Economy of Achaemenid Coin Production","authors":"Peter van Alfen","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914302","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper examines the various reasons proposed for the production of Achaemenid Persian coinage and proposes a revised framework for understanding ancient coin production that accommodates rational decision making that is more political than strictly economic.Abstract:Cet article examine les différentes raisons qui ont été avancées pour expliquer la production de monnaie perse achéménide et propose une révision du modèle utilisé pour aborder la production de monnaie durant l'Antiquité. Cette révision intègre des décisions basées davantage sur des facteurs politiques que strictement économiques.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"81 2","pages":"32 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914296
Frédérique Duyrat
{"title":"Money in Southern Transeuphratene during the Fourth Century B.C.E.","authors":"Frédérique Duyrat","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914296","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The southern Levant provides two main bodies of documents to examine the use of silver money during the fourth century b.c.e.: ca 1,100 Idumaean ostraca reveal the activities of a rural region and a collection of Aramaic papyri found in the caves of Wadi Daliyeh and the Ketef Jericho ridge in the vicinity of Jericho render witness to more urban behaviours. They deliver contrasting views on the use of silver money—weighed silver or coins—that can be interpreted in light of what we know of the history of the region in the context of the wider Achaemenid imperial space.Abstract:Le Levant Sud a livré deux ensembles documentaires permettant de mieux comprendre l'usage de la monnaie d'argent au ive siècle: environ 1100 ostraca iduméens dévoilent les activités d'une région rurale tandis qu'un ensemble de papyri trouvés dans les grottes du Wadi Daliyeh et à Ketef Jéricho, dans la région de Jéricho, témoignent de pratiques plus citadines. Ils livrent une vision contrastée de l'usage de la monnaie d'argent — pesée ou sous forme de numéraire — qui peut être interprétée à la lumière de ce que nous savons de l'histoire de la région dans le cadre plus general de l'espace impérial achéménide.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"102 ","pages":"228 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhoenixPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1353/phx.2022.a914295
Aneurin Ellis-evans, Jonathan Kagan
{"title":"Bimetallism, Coinage, and Empire in Persian Anatolia","authors":"Aneurin Ellis-evans, Jonathan Kagan","doi":"10.1353/phx.2022.a914295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2022.a914295","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:A re-examination of the numismatic, epigraphic, and literary evidence suggests that the silver/gold exchange rate in Persian-controlled Asia Minor fluctuated downwards in the late fifth and fourth centuries b.c.e. in response to the supply of gold and silver in neighbouring Greece. This has consequences for the economic and political history of this region.Abstract:Une réévaluation des sources numismatiques, épigraphiques et littéraires suggère que le taux de change argent / or en Asie Mineure sous contrôle perse a eu tendance à diminuer à la fin du ve et au ive siècle a. C. en réaction aux quantités d'or et d'argent présentes en Grèce voisine. Ceci n'est pas sans conséquence sur l'histoire économique et politique de cette région.","PeriodicalId":502809,"journal":{"name":"Phoenix","volume":"4 9","pages":"178 - 227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139180087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}