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Roman Provincial Coinage
Bernhard E. Woytek
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Provincial Coinage: Structure
• From the Republic to Diocletian, coinagecirculating in the Roman Empire was extremely heterogeneous.
- “Imperial” coins with Latin legends (gold, silver, aes), produced by the government, circulated over large areas or empire-wide.
- “Provincial” coins with Latin or Greek legends were often struck locally in silver or bronze, mostly in local denominations. These
normally did not circulate beyond specific monetary zones (e. g. Asia minor, Egypt etc.).
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Provincial Coinage: Structure
• Gradually, the coinage in circulation was unified.
- In the West, local bronze was discontinued already under Caligula (AD 37-41).
- The last Eastern bronzes outside of Egypt were struck under Tacitus (AD 275/276).
- In AD 295/296, Alexandria ceased to strike local coins as well.
From Diocletian onward, the Roman Empire was a unified monetary zone.
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Important provincial silver coinages
• Asian Cistophori
• Syrian Tetradrachms (Antioch, Tyre etc.)
• Silver Coins of Caesarea Cappadociae (Asia minor)
• Billon-Tetradrachms of Alexandria
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Rome
IMPORTANT PROVINCIAL SILVER COINAGES
Alexandria
ASIA
Caesarea
Antioch
Tyre
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Kistophoroi / Cistophori
Cista mysticain ivy wreath
Bowcase(Gorytos)
Hellenistic Tetradrachms struck under the Attalids
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ProconsularCistophorus(57/56 BC):(partly)Latin legend!
Cistophorusof Mark Antony(39 BC)
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Augustus
Nerva
1 Cistophorus=
3 Denarii
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Syria and Phoenicia
Regal Issues
Antiochos X.(94–83 BC),Tetradrachm
Civic Issues
Tyre,Shekel
(102/101 BC)
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Syrian Tetradrachms
ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
(= NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS)
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Caracalla,Berytus
Vespasian,
Antioch
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Caesarea Cappadociae
Drachms,Didrachms,Tridrachms Typical reverse: Mount Argaios
Tiberius
Marcus Aurelius
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Important provincial silver coinages
• Asian Cistophori
• Syrian Tetradrachms (Antioch, Tyre etc.)
• Silver Coins of Caesarea Cappadociae (Asia minor)
• Billon-Tetradrachms of Alexandria
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Local Bronzes in the West: Julio Claudians
Augustus (27 BC – AD 14)Nemausus / Nîmes
“Group III”ca. AD 10-14 (?)
Tiberius (AD 14-37)Colonia Romula / Sevilla
“with permission ofDivus Augustus”
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Local Bronze Coinage in the West ended with Caligula (AD 37-41)
Caligula,Caesaraugusta
Caligula,Segobriga