The Closed Currency System of the Attalid Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Meadows (0000-0002-7334-9057, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 149-205 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Attalid Asia Minor Money International Relations And The State (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656110.003.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2500661553 |
| ISBN | 9780199656110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This chapter begins with an overview of the nature and chronology of the activity of the mint of Pergamon from the establishment of coin production under Philetairos to the death of Attalos III. Through a detailed examination of the hoard evidence for the coinage of the second century bc, it argues for a late date for the beginning of the cistophoric coinage (in the 160s bc). The cistophoroi, it is argued, should be seen not as the sole currency of a purported Attalid closed currency area enveloping the whole kingdom, but rather as an epichoric coinage designed to serve the monetary needs of the core inland territories of the Attalid kingdom, as well as to discourage the export of silver from this area.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Chronology · Currency · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Hoard · Kingdom · Monetary economics · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Geology · History
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Philetairos Ktistes and Pergamon’s Civic Memory in the Post-Attalid Period
Some Observations on Koina and Monetary Economy in Hellenistic Asia Minor
The Spread of Coins in the Hellenistic World
The Hellenistic World
Power and coinage
The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
Model for ancient Greek and Roman coinage production
Imperial Power, Provincial Government, and the Emergence of Roman Asia, 133 BCE-14 CE
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |