Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies

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British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph No. 12

Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies Edited by C. S. Lightfoot

Oxbow Monograph 7 1991

Published by Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford OX1 1HN

© British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara and the individual authors 1991 ISBN 0 946897 27 1

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Contents

Editor's Preface Contributors Abbreviations List of Plates and Figures Map of Turkey showing find-places of recent hoards

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7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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v-vi vii viii

Introduction

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The coinage of Ancyra in the Roman period Melih Arslan The Taburabat hoard Melih Arslan The Karg~ hoard of Rhodian plinthophoroi Melih Arslan Rhodian coinage in the early imperial period (CH3: no. 82) Richard Ashton The Haydere hoard and other hoards of the mid-third century from Turkey Roger Bland and Pmar Aydemir Some Cilician coins in the Hatay Museum Kevin Butcher C. Atinius C.f on a coin of Ephesus David French The Polath hoard M. Tevtlk GOktiirk The Sulakyurt hoard YIIdiZ Kmlkaya The Yatagan hoard YIIdiZ KIZII.kaya The Herakleia hoard OsmanOzbek The Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Project Numismatic Notes Mehmet Soylemez and C.S. Lightfoot With an Appendix by Tahsin Saat~i

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The coinage of Ancyra: Addenda Melih Arslan Inventory of recorded hoards found in Turkey, 1980-1989 Bibliography of Turkish numismatic publications for 1980-1989 Index:

Rulers Mints Place names

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43-58 59-70 71-90

91-180 181-199 201-203 205-211 213-248 249-273 275-312 313-331

333 335 337-340

341-347

In memory of D. R. Walker, M.A.

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Editor's Preface This volume was originally conceived as a collection of articles on recent, important coin hoards found in Turkey. The aim was obvious - to make these discoveries, first published in Turkish, more accessible and more widely understood by translating them into English. I am grateful to ~y Turkish colleagues, Melih Arslan, Tevfik Goktiirk, YildiZ KIZilkaya and Osman Ozbek, for their willingness to co-operate in such a project. The papers presented here are based on the previous publications (the Turkish version of the Kargt hoard is to be published shortly) but are not to be regarded as faithful translations. The individual authors have in some cases revised and corrected their original texts; a certain amount of editorial guidance and licence has also been exercised. A s~ond major element is the first publication of a large, if defective, hoard now in the Izmir Archaeological Museum. This study owes much to the inspiration of Pl.Jlar Aydemir, who has worked diligently on the Haydere hoard since its discovery, and to her selfless enthusiasm to involve other numismatists. The third group of papers, devoted to various aspects of research currently being carried out by Turkish and British scholars, has been added. It seemed eminently fitting that these should include an article on the coinage of Ancyra, now Ankara, the capital of the modern Republic of Turkey. A list of Turkish publications relating to numismatics is appended. It covers the past decade of work and concentrates on hoards and groups of coins excavated in archaeological contexts. These are summarily described in the Introduction. Finally, a brief inventory of recorded hoards, based on CH 7, is given to supplement the other information about numismatic discoveries in Turkey during the 1980s. Dates throughout are AD, unless otherwise stated. While every effort has been made to illustrate the coins at a consistent scale, it has on occasion proved impossible to do so. One should be mindful, therefore, that there is some variation and distortion in the relative proportions of the coins as depicted. The measurements given in the accompanying catalogues are a more reliable guide to the actual size of individual coins. I wish to record my debt of gratitude to the various members of staff at the British Institute of Archaeology who helped in the preparation of this volume Pervin Bilgen, Tugrul