Wealth, aristocracy and royal propaganda under the Hellenistic kingdom of the Mithradatids in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey / / Deniz Burcu Erciyas.

• Superior document: Colloquia Pontica (Series) ; 12
• VerfasserIn: Arikan Erciyas, D. Burcu,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Colloquia Pontica (Series) ; 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

A rebellious kingdom on the margins of the great Roman Empire or a kingdom in pursuit of a wider sovereignity? In spite of its notorious political history under the reign of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC), the social and economic history of the Black Sea region constitutes an uncharted territory. This book is a first comprehensive study of the archaeological, literary, and numismatic evidence from the central Black Sea region of Turkey during the Hellenistic Period. The monetary policies of the Pontic cities, testimonial to regional unification under Mithradates and his political influence on neighbouring lands are studied in separate sections. The section on the discovery of a remarkable tomb at Amisos reveals the emergence of the Pontic cities early as the fourth/early 3rd century BC.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Methods of Analysis -- Chapter 2 The Hellenistic Kingdom of the Mithradatids -- A. A Brief History of the Mithradatids of Pontus -- B. The Life and Policy of Mithradates VI Eupator Dionysus (120-63 BC) -- Chapter 3 Wealth in the City -- A. The Greek Colonisation Period, the Emergence of Cities on the Southern Coast of the Black Sea, and the City Mints from the 5th Century BC until the Reign of Mithradates VI (120-63 BC) -- B. The Hellenistic Cities of the Central Black Sea Region -- 1. Amaseia, Cabeira, Eupatoria, Phazemon, Comana, Zela and the Other Settlements of Inland Pontus -- 2. Site Distribution in the Hellenistic Period -- 3. Amisos, the Outlet for the Hinterland of the Kingdom of Pontus -- 4. Wealthy Aristocracy? A Tomb from Amisos -- 5. City Mints in Pontus under Mithradates VI Eupator -- Chapter 4 Wealth and Propaganda beyond the City -- A. The Recognition of the Mithradatic Family in the Aegean and the Royal Coins of the Pontic Kings -- B. The Monument to Mithradates VI on Delos -- C. Portraits of Mithradates VI -- D. The Monetary Policy of Mithradates VI around the Black Sea: Coins of the Bosporan Kingdom during the Reign of Mithradates VI -- E. Coin Hoards of Pontus -- Chapter 5 Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- COLLOQUIA PONTICA.