Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition: Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD)

Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition: Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD)

By Barbara Zając 

Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 100

Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition presents a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (98-117), when 14 cities struck coins. The book characterises individual mints, the rhythm of monetary production, iconography and legends, and considers the attribution and dating of individual issues. Context is provided by studies on other categories of artefacts discovered in the local area, including epigraphic and material ones, such as fine art, sculptures and architectural remains. The extent of circulation is also analysed, as well as the coinage of the border centres of neighbouring provinces such as Thrace, Asia and Galatia-Cappadocia. Reference is made to historical sources, principally the correspondence of Pliny the Younger with the emperor, which can help to show the realities of life for the inhabitants of individual centres, including ongoing construction projects or local problems. Overall the book aims to reconstruct the coinage policy of individual cities and culture and religion in various centres during this period, as well as contacts and relationships among the local communities. In turn, the studies of individual cities allow for the creation of a general picture of coinage in the province.

H 245 x W 174 mm

280 pages

34 figures, 1 map, 8 tables

Published Jun 2023

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781803274652

Digital: 9781803274669

DOI 10.32028/9781803274652

Contents

Preface ;

Introduction ;

The Roman Empire and Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Mints in the province of Bithynia and Pontus ;

Chronology ;

Metrology and denominations ;

Iconography and legends of coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Coins without an ethnic with uncertain attributions ;

Pseudo-autonomous coins of Bithynia and Pontus ;

Production in the provincial centres ;

Circulation ;

The coinage of Bithynia and Pontus and issues of the neighbouring Roman provinces ;

Summary ;

Plates ;

References ;

Appendix 1: Legends on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Index of Mythological Characters ;

Index of Names ;

Topographical and Geographical Index