Coinage in late Hellenistic and Roman Syria : the Orontes Valley (1st century BC-3rd century AD)
The thesis studies the coins minted by the cities in the Orontes Valley of Syria during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: Apamea, Larissa, Raphanea, Emesa and Laodicea ad Libanum. All the various aspects of these coinages are presented and comparisons are drawn between the results hereby obtained with those from the surrounding region. The research was conducted by recording as many specimens as possible from public and private collections, in addition to published material and those available online. The thesis starts with an introduction to the geography and history of the region followed by a catalogue, which is presented at the beginning of the thesis to introduce the structure of the coinages. This is followed by discussions on production, circulation, metrology, denominations and iconography in detail. Die studies were also conducted to complement the arguments presented in each of the chapters. Plates illustrating the best preserved specimen of each type and their variants are placed at the end. The discussions of these coinages, based on the compiled data and the proposed structure, have shown that not only were the coinages of each of the cities of the Orontes Valley distinct from those of neighboring
Nurpetlian, Jack A.
CJ Numismatics ; DS Asia
Coinage in late Hellenistic and Roman Syria : the Orontes Valley (1st century BC-3rd century AD). The thesis studies the coins minted by the cities in the Orontes Valley of Syria during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: Apamea, Larissa, Raphanea, Emesa and Laodicea ad Libanum. All the various aspects of these coinages are presented and comparisons are drawn between the results hereby obtained with those from the surrounding region. The research was conducted by recording as many specimens as possible from public and private collections, in addition to published material and those available online. The thesis starts with an introduction to the geography and history of the region followed by a catalogue, which is presented at the beginning of the thesis to introduce the structure of the coinages. This is followed by discussions on production, circulation, metrology, denominations and iconography in detail. Die studies were also conducted to complement the arguments presented in each of the chapters. Plates illustrating the best preserved specimen of each type and their variants are placed at the end. The discussions of these coinages, based on the compiled data and the proposed structure, have shown that not only were the coinages of each of the cities of the Orontes Valley distinct from those of neighboring
coinage late_hellenistic roman syria valley study coin mint city valley syria late_hellenistic roman_period various_aspect coinage present comparison_draw obtain surround_region conduct record many specimen possible public_private collection addition publish material_available online start introduction geography history_region follow catalogue present begin_introduce structure coinage followed discussion production_circulation metrology denomination iconography detail die study also conduct complement argument_present chapter illustrate best preserve specimen type variant place end discussion coinage base compile data propose structure show coinage city valley distinct neighbor