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13311. MacDonald, David. An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus [Classical Numismatic Studies, No. 5]. 2005. (GR, RPC).Website shipping rates do not apply. (GR311)
MacDonald, David. An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus. [Classical Numismatic Studies, No. 5]. Lancaster, PA & London, UK , 2005. (GR 311).
Between the seventh century BC and the fourth century AD, the Cimmerian Bosporus, an area covering the Crimean and Taman Peninsulas of southern Ukraine, consisted of a vigorous and sophisticated culture that maintained close ties to the Greco-Roman world. Much of what is known about this region comes from the coins struck by the local cities as well as the Kingdom of the Bosporus, initially independent, but by the first century BC, a client-kingdom of Rome. Apart from N.A. Frolova’s The Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: AD 69-238 (BAR 1979), now out of print and difficult to obtain, much important original research done by Russian and Ukrainian scholars remains largely untranslated and inaccessible to English-speakers. To fill the need for a satisfactory English introduction, David MacDonald has written An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus.
Drawing from Russian and Ukranian sources, An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus offers a systematic, chronological overview of the region’s coinage by the major coin-types, arranged by regnal and Bosporan Era years, of the Bosporan rulers from the Archaeanactids at Panticapaeum in 480 BC to Rhescuporis V, the last Roman client-king of the region. Regional maps and figures of specific reverse types for the early silver issues, and important regnal monograms, as well as an Appendix covering re-engraved bronze coins round out the text. A Concordance of the major references, and a Select Bibliography provide springboards for numismatic research.
An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus is intended to be a general accessible numismatic vade mecum for numismatists, beginning collectors, and the academic non-specialist.
DAVID MACDONALD, California State University, Fresno (BA 1965); University of Minnesota (MA 1968; PhD 1972), is Professor of History at Illinois State University. He has published numerous articles and several books on history, epigraphy, and numismatics. His most recent numismatic publications include: “Thasian Tetradrachms Overstruck on Athenian New Style Tetradrachms,” Nomismatika Cronika 22 (2003); “Sicilian and Southern Italian Overstrikes on Pegasoi,” Nomismatika Cronika 21 (2002); “Macedonian Civic Bronze Overstrikes and Circulation Areas,” Nomismatika Cronika 19 (2000); and The Coinage of Aphrodisias (1992). He is an honorary life member of the Hellenic Numismatic Society, and a member of both the Schweizerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft and the American Numismatic Society.
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133630000. Kritt, Brian, From Aï Khanoum to Samarqand. Seleucid Coins in Central Asia [Classical Numismatic Studies No. 13]. Lancaster, PA, and London, 2021 Hardbound with dust jacket. 106 total pp. (GR 363).
Kritt, Brian, From Aï Khanoum to Samarqand. Seleucid Coins in Central Asia [Classical Numismatic Studies No. 13]. Lancaster, PA, and London, 2021 Hardbound with dust jacket. 106 total pp. (GR 363).
From the author's synopsis:
"The recent publication of ancient coins found at the site of ancient Samarqand sheds remarkable new light onthe little-known history of Sogdiana in the period following the death of Alexander the Great. Scholars have attempted to understand the status of this region during the period of the Seleucids and their Greek successors in Bactria, posing and unable to decide upon theories of whether Sogdiana fell under the control of these Greek dynasties.
Lacking any definitive ancient accounts, they turned to numismatics to try to decide the issue. Unfortunately, the finds of coins from the relevant period had been scant, and misunderstood. The new finds at Samarqand provide a dramatic parade of bronze coins struck at the Seleucid colony at Aï Khanoum in Bactria, spanning the entire period of the Seleucid presence in Bactria, and beyond. The succession of the known types of these coins is remarkably well represented at Samarqand, providing the first detailed picture of the relationship between Seleucid Bactria and contemporary Sogdiana.
The results include the discovery of a Greek colony at Samarqand in the Seleucid period, with extensive contacts and interaction with Aï Khanoum. The lack of such finds elsewhere in Sogdiana indicates that the Seleucids had no substantive contact with the non-Greek areas, and thus had no interest in the conquering of all of Sogdiana.
Another important piece of the historical picture is revealed by the results of the recent excavations at the archeological site of the Uzundara Fortress in southern Sogdiana. The extensive finds of bronze coins of Euthydemus at Uzundara show the status of affairs involving the Greeks and the uprisings of natives from the north in the period of the invasion of Bactria by the Seleucid king Antiochus III during his eastern campaign.
These and many other ramifications of these new coin finds are explored in Part A of this book.
Part B is an updated recording of the many new gold and silver coins of Aï Khanoum that have come tolight since the publication of The Seleucid Mint of Aï Khanoum in 2016, with the identification of the new dies, and their rational incorporation into the corpus which was established in that treatise."
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