Material culture and cultural identity : a study of Greek and Roman coins from Dora / Rosa Maria Motta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Motta, Rosa Maria, author.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2015]

Summary:

Presents numismatics from the ancient harbor town of Dor/Dora in modern Israel with a history that spanned from the Bronze Age until the Late Roman Era.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

List of Classical References

Chapter 1 Tel Dor's Context

1.1 Introduction and Sources

1.2 Geographical Identity of Tel Dor

1.3 The Historical Antecedent: From Canaanite to Persian Dor

1.4 Historical Identity: Greek Dora

1.5 Historical Identity: Hasmonean Dora

1.6 Historical Identity: Roman Dora

1.7 Excavations of Tel Dor

1.8 Coins Excavated at Tel Dor

Fig. 1.1. Map of Northern Israel

Fig. 1.2. Map of Coastal Plains of Israel

Fig. 1.3. Kurkar Ridge (Tel Dor digital library)

Fig. 1.4. Kurkar Stones (photo by C. Majer

Fig. 1.5 Phoenician Bichrom Vessel from Tel Dor (Area D2

Fig. 1.6 Assyrian Cylindrical Seal - Tel Dor Photo Archive

Fig. 1.7. Sherds of Assyrian Style Bowls (Tel Dor Photo Archive)

Fig. 1.8. Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, King of Sidon. Louvre Museum. AO 4806.

Fig. 1.9. Persian and Hellenistic Dor (Tel Dor Photo Archive)

Fig. 1. 10. Reconstruction of Eastern Continuous Outer Wall During the Hellenistic Period

Fig. 1.11. Imported Hellenistic West Slope' Ware found at Tel Dor

Fig. 1.12. Opus Vermiculatum of the Mask and Garland Type (Tel Dor Photo Archive)

Fig. 1.13. Lead Sling Projectile Inscribed in Greek and Phoenician (Tel Dor Photo Archive)

Fig. 1.14. Aerial View of Roman Dora (Tel Dor Photo Archive)

Fig. 1.15. Excavations of Roman Areas (Iftah Shalev)

Fig. 1.16. Roman House with Mosaics (John Berg)

Fig. 1.17. Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period Jewelry

Fig. 1.19. Location of Byzantine Church in Relation to Tel Dor (Google Map)

Fig. 1. 20. Various Areas Opened at Tel Dor During the course of Excavations (drawing by Sveta Matskevich)

Fig. 1. 21. Athenian Coin Excavated at Tel Dor (photo by R. Motta).

Fig. 1.22. Ptolemaic Coin Excavated at Tel Dor (photo by R. Motta)

Fig. 1.23. Jewish Coins Found at Tel Dor (Stern 2002)

Fig. 1. 24. Roman Coins Found at Tel Dor (Stern 2002, 184)

Chapter 2 Material Culture, Coins and Cultural Identity

2.1 Definition of Culture

2.2 Material Culture, Semiotics, and Coins

2.3 Cultural Identity in the Greek and Roman Provinces

2.4 Expressing Dora's Identity in a Provincial Setting

Chapter 3 The Mint of Dora

3.1 The Concept of Money

3.2 The Mint of Dora and its Production History

3.3 Circulation of Dora Coins throughout Israel

Table 1: Roman Period Issues

Table 2: Denominations of Dora's imperial coins at the Israel Antiquities Authority

Table 3: Provenance of Dora's Coins at the Israel Antiquities Authority

Chapter 4 The Iconography of Dora's Coins

4.2 Coin Imagery and its Function

4.3 Royal Figures

4.4 Imperial Figures

4.5 Religious Iconography

4.6 Architecture on Dora's Coins

4.7 Nautical/Marine Symbols

4.8 Agricultural Symbols

Fig. 4.1. Portrait of Augustus. British Museum, Inv. 1812,0615.1

Fig. 4.2. Vespasian, British Museum, London.

Fig. 4.3 Titus, British Museum, London.

Fig. 4.4 Trajan, British Museum. London. 1805,0703.93

Fig. 4. 5. Hadrian. Musei Capitolini. Rome MC 817

Fig. 4.6. Antoninus Pius. British Museum. London.

Fig. 4.7. Septimius Severus. British Museum, London.

Fig. 4.8. Septimius Clasping Hands With His Son Caracalla, While Tyche Fortuna Presides Over The Scene. Arch Of Septimius Severus. Leptis Magna.

Fig. 4.10. Julia Domna, Musei Capitolini, Rome.

Fig. 4.9. Aureus, 161 CE.

Fig. 4.11. Julia Domna. Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek. Munich.

Fig. 4.12. Young Geta.

Fig. 4.13. Young Caracalla

Fig. 4.14. Young Plautilla

Fig. 4. 16. Caracalla, New York Metropolitan, New York.

Fig. 4.15. Caracalla. British Museum, London

Fig. 4. 17. Tyche of Antioch by Euthychides (Roman copy)

Fig. 4.18. Tyche with Cornucopia and Rudder.

Fig. 4. 19. Relief of Tyche of Dura. Photo Courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven.

Fig. 4. 21. Tyche of Tyre. 117-118 CE. BMC 344.

Fig. 4.20. Tyche of Arados, 152 BCE. BMC 97

Fig. 4.22. Tyche of Tripolis. 22-21 BCE. BMC 206.

Fig. 4.23. Tyche of Byblos. 1st c. BCE. BMC 12

Fig. 4.24. Tyche of Ashkelon. 76-77 CE. Rosenberg 30

Fig. 4.25. Tyche of Antioch ad Orontem, 127-8 CE. BMC 105

Fig. 4.26. Tyche of Sidon, 78-7 BCE. Lindgren 2324.

Fig. 4.27. Tyche of Caesarea, 248 CE.

Fig. 4.28. Tyche of Ashkelon, 138-161 CE, RPC 6384

Fig. 4.29. Tyche of Tiberias, 177-192 CE, RPC 6313

Fig. 4.30. Tyche of Gaza. 197 CE. Mionnet 169

Fig. 4.31. Tyche of Marcianopolis 197 CE Moushmov 394

Fig. 4.32. Tyche of Aelia Capitolina, 161-169 CE. RPC 6413.

Fig. 4.33. Tyche of Berytus, 161-169 CE. RPC 6756

Fig. 4.34. Zeus/Jupiter

Fig. 4.35. Zeus/Ammon.

Fig. 4. 40. Zeus Strategos, Amastris (Bithynia, 101 CE).

Fig. 4.36. Zeus/Jupiter

Fig. 4.37. Poseidon, LIMC No. 42, p.357

Fig. 4.38 Poseidon, LIMC No. 50

Fig. 4.39. Poseidon, LIMC No. 54

Fig. 4.41. Zeus Strategos, Amastris (Bithynia, 101 CE) RPC 4897

Fig. 4.42. Silver Stater from Metapontum (550 BCE).

Fig. 4.43. Triobol from Serdaioi (520 BCE). BMC 395.

Chapter 5 Epigraphic Analysis of Dora's Coins

5.1. Coin Legends as Inscriptions

5.2 Dating Dora's Coins within their Regional Context

5.3 City Titles on Dora's Coins

5.4. Imperial Titulature on Dora's Coins

5.5 Language and Identity

Chapter 6 Drawing Some Conclusions

6.1. Brief Comparative Study

6.2. Caesarea Maritima

6.3. Caesarea and the Flavian Mint

6.4. Conclusions.

Fig. 6.1. ΙΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ ΕΑΛWΚΥΙΑΣ from Caesarea (81AD),

Bibliography

Coin Catalogue

Coin Plates

Plate 1

Plate 2

Plate 3

Plate 4.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784910938

1784910937