Tracing the local(s): The local world of Mediterranean landscapes in greek and roman coinage

Numismatica Antiqua 17Tracing the local(s) : the local world of Mediterranean landscapes in greek and roman coinage Saskia Kerschbaum & Hülya Vidin (éd.)Ancient coinage is one of the most fascinating and key sources when it comes to thinking about all kind of local identities. They were minted since the beginning of Archaic Greek history until the end of Late Roman times by all different kind of peoples in the ancient world: cities, kings, tribes, factions, leagues. They all had one thing in common: they produced coins not only as means of payment, but used the small space on their coins to cut images of what they felt would express their identities. The text and the images that resulted out of this need are as manifold and different as the minting authorities who shaped them. This is where the book wants to set in: eleven authors from different research aeras discus the phenomenon of expressing local identity, ranging from classical Greek to Roman late antiquity, from Spain to Asia Minor. The contributions cover fascinating topics like ancient Cyrene with its striking Apollo Carneius originated in Laconia, hellenistic king influencing numismatic developments in Cilicia, the Capuan League and its resistance against Rome or the regional use of the Marsyas Forum-type in Asia Minor. The authors will respond to questions regarding the shape, use and expression of local identities on coinage. How were local identities constructed? Which images and languages were used, who influenced the choice of design and what can these images tell us about social, political and religious realities of the people using them? And finally, what is “locality” in itself? Something bound by culture, language, politics or borders? In answering and discussing these questions the book aims to interpret coins as one of the most important carries of local identities, a striking phenomenon that spans through space and time and was therefore shared by many cultures in the ancient world.TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Localism and Coinage, Saskia Kerschbaum & Hülya Vidin ………………………………………………………….. 7 Apollo Carneius on Cyranean coins – defining of and fitting into a local identity, Hülya Vidin …………………………. 23 A tetradrachm from Segesta: Adoption of local patterns as a sign of victory, Johannes Heinisch ………………………. 51 Coins of Cilician cities between Greek models, Seleucid ideologies and local traditions, Annalisa Polosa ………… 61 The coinage of the Dassaretai and their urban centre, Pero Ardjanliev …………………………………………………………….. 73 Between growing Roman dominance and local obstinacy – the coinage of Capua and allied cities in the Second Punic War, Simone Vogt ………………………………………………………………………………………. 89 Civil war identities: the representation of foreign peoples and places on civil war coinage (68-69 A.D.), Ellen M. H. MacDougall ……………………………………………………………………………. 101 Tauropolos and others on the coins of Amphipolis, Frank Daubner ………………………………………………………………….. 117 Nicaea vs. Nicomedia – New numismatic insights into a civic rivalry, Saskia Kerschbaum ………………………………… 131 The Forum Marsyas as a colonial type at Tyre, Mallus, Bostra and Neapolis, Robyn L. Le Blanc ………………………….. 153 Identitätskonstruktionen in Adramyttion. Münzgeschichte und historisches Gedächtnis in einer mysischen Landschaft, Bernhard Weisser & Andrea Gorys ……………………………………………………………….. 177 Summaries ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………… 205Saskia Kerschbaum studied ancient history and archeology in Cologne, Istanbul and Münster.Hülya Vidin obtained her doctorate in ancient history in Munich and completed a post-doctoral project on the imperial coinage of Nicaea.