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

• Superior document: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology Series ; v.100.
• Author: Zając, Barbara.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Roman archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages)

Offering a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (98-117), this book characterises individual mints, the rhythm of monetary production, iconography and legends, and considers the attribution and dating of individual issues.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Maps and Tables -- Map 1. Mints in Bithynia and Pontus (© https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/map, Accessed: 08.01.2022). -- Table 1a: Denominations of coins struck in the cities of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan. -- Table 1b: Denominations of coins without an ethnic struck in the cities of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan. -- Table 2a: List of iconographic types on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan. -- Table 2b: List of iconographic types on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan, taking into account the general message related to individual traditions. -- Table 3: List of iconographic types on imperial coins probably issued at the Thracian mint between AD 80-82, and on provincial coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reigns of Domitian and Trajan. -- Table 4: Coins without an ethnic - possible attributions -- Table 5a: Numbers of dies used to strike the coins of individual cities in Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (n - the number of coins -- d - the number of obverse dies -- r - the number of reverse dies). -- Table 5b: Numbers of dies used to strike the coins without an ethnic in Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (n - the number of coins -- d - the number of obverse dies -- r - the number of reverse dies) -- Table 5c: Numbers of dies used to strike the pseudo-autonomous coins of individual cities in Bithynia and Pontus possibly dated to the reign of Trajan (n - the number of coins -- d - the number of obverse dies -- r - the number of reverse dies).

Table 6a: Numbers of coins, obverse and reverse dies, and the estimated numbers of issued coins in individual centres of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (markings from the Carter tests and formulas are left to assist easier adjustment or ve -- Table 6b: Numbers of coins, obverse and reverse dies, and the estimated numbers of issued coins without an ethnic in Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (markings from the Carter tests and formulas were left to assist easier adjustment or verif -- Table 7a: Die axes of individual cities of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan. -- Table 7b: Die axes of coins without an ethnic of Bithynia and Pontus struck during the reign of Trajan. -- Table 8: Countermarks on coins of Bithynia and Pontus struck during the reign of Trajan. -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Roman Empire and Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan -- I.1. The Roman Empire and financial policy during the reign of Trajan -- I.2. Roman provinces in the Roman Empire -- I.3. Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan -- Mints in the province of Bithynia and Pontus -- II.1. Thrace -- II.2. Bithynia -- II.3. Paphlagonia -- II.4. Pontus -- Chronology -- Metrology and denominations -- IV.1. Denominations in the Roman provincial coinage -- IV.2. Monetary systems in Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan -- Iconography and Legends of Coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan -- V.1. Legends of the provincial coins -- V.2. Iconography of the provincial coins -- V.3. Iconography of coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan -- V.4. Common motifs and prototypes of some coins of Bithynia and Pontus -- Coins without an ethnic with uncertain attributions -- VI.1. Group I: Coins with the name of the proconsul Gaius Julius Bassus.

VI.2. Group II: coins with the legend ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ/ΕΙΡΗΝΗ СΕΒΑСΤΗ -- VI.3. Group III: Coins with the legend OMONOIA СΕΒΑСΤΗ/OMONOIA -- VI.4. Group IV: Coins with the legend ΝΕΙΚΗ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΔΑΚ/APME -- VI.5. Group V: Coins with the legend ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ CEBACTH -- VI.6. Group VI: Coins with the legend CEBACTH/ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ -- VI.7. Group VII: Coins with the legend CEBACTOY/ΣΕΒΑΣΤOY -- VI.8. Group VIII: Coins with the legend ΔΙΟС -- VI.9. Group IX: Coins with the legend KTICTHC -- VI.10. Group X: Coins with the legend ΔΗΜΗΤΡΟϹ -- VI.11. Group XI: Coins with the cornucopia -- VI.12. Group XII: Coins with the serpent staff -- Pseudo-autonomous coins of Bithynia and Pontus -- VII.1. Amastris: Dionysus and Helios -- VII.2. Sinope: Diogenes -- VII.3. Amisus: Athena -- VII.4. Byzantium: Artemis, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus -- Production in the provincial centres -- VIII.1. Production in the centres of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan -- VIII.2. Countermarks -- Circulation -- The coinage of Bithynia and Pontus and issues of the neighbouring Roman provinces -- X.1. The coinage of Thrace -- X.2. The coinage of Asia -- X.3. The coinage of Galatia and Cappadocia -- Summary -- Plates -- References -- Historical Sources -- Abbreviations -- References -- Legends on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan. -- APAMEA MYRLEA -- NICAEA -- PRUSA AD OLYMPUM -- BYZANTIUM -- CALCHEDON -- NICOMEDIA -- HERACLEA PONTICA -- IULIOPOLIS -- PRUSIAS AD HYPIUM -- TIUM -- ABONOTEICHOS -- AMASTRIS -- SINOPE -- AMISUS -- Coins without an ethnic with uncertain attribution.