Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC

Our knowledge regarding Cilician coinage between the late 5th and the early 4th century BC has increased considerably in the course of the last two decades. This has made an updated and revised inventory of all the respective issues an indispensable requirement. A comparative analysis of the huge va...

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Autor principal:	Wilhelm MÜSELER
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Publicado:	Akdeniz University 2021
Materias:	coin-iconography cilicia mesopotamia luwian aramaean greek achaemenid syennesis History of the Greco-Roman World DE1-100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:682aab108d26487a976ce3197d87e2bd2021-11-19T12:29:49ZBetween Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC10.37095/gephyra.9774981309-39242651-5059https://doaj.org/article/682aab108d26487a976ce3197d87e2bd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/gephyra/issue/63202/977498https://doaj.org/toc/1309-3924https://doaj.org/toc/2651-5059Our knowledge regarding Cilician coinage between the late 5th and the early 4th century BC has increased considerably in the course of the last two decades. This has made an updated and revised inventory of all the respective issues an indispensable requirement. A comparative analysis of the huge variety of contemporary series from different mints in Kilikia Tracheia and Kilikia Pedias, namely from Ura, Kelenderis, Holmoi, Nagidos, Aŋchiale, Soloi, Tarsos, Mallos and Issos, shows that the region had rather been a part of the Ancient Orient than of the Greek oikumene during the period in question. It is, therefore, not advisable to interpret Cilician coin-iconography by the simple application of a principally Greek canon. A complete understanding of the imagery on early Cilician coins requires a far more complex approach: This must take into account all the various roots, which have created this multifaceted and unique blend of symbolic representations. Such a critical endeavour may actually yield information about regional events, which are not reported by our literary tradition.Wilhelm MÜSELERAkdeniz Universityarticlecoin-iconographyciliciamesopotamialuwianaramaeangreekachaemenidsyennesisHistory of the Greco-Roman WorldDE1-100DEENFRITGephyra, Vol 22, Pp 69-133 (2021)
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spellingShingle	coin-iconography cilicia mesopotamia luwian aramaean greek achaemenid syennesis History of the Greco-Roman World DE1-100 Wilhelm MÜSELER Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
description	Our knowledge regarding Cilician coinage between the late 5th and the early 4th century BC has increased considerably in the course of the last two decades. This has made an updated and revised inventory of all the respective issues an indispensable requirement. A comparative analysis of the huge variety of contemporary series from different mints in Kilikia Tracheia and Kilikia Pedias, namely from Ura, Kelenderis, Holmoi, Nagidos, Aŋchiale, Soloi, Tarsos, Mallos and Issos, shows that the region had rather been a part of the Ancient Orient than of the Greek oikumene during the period in question. It is, therefore, not advisable to interpret Cilician coin-iconography by the simple application of a principally Greek canon. A complete understanding of the imagery on early Cilician coins requires a far more complex approach: This must take into account all the various roots, which have created this multifaceted and unique blend of symbolic representations. Such a critical endeavour may actually yield information about regional events, which are not reported by our literary tradition.
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title	Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
title_short	Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
title_full	Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
title_fullStr	Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
title_full_unstemmed	Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC
title_sort	between mesopotamia and greece: cultural influences in cilician coin-iconography from the late 5th to the early 4th century bc
publisher	Akdeniz University
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Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician Coin-iconography from the Late 5th to the Early 4th Century BC

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