Abstract

AbstractA reference to the topic of Rhodian imitations from the end of the III and the first half of the II century BC is the result of a new study of Rhodes coins from the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Łodź (Poland). This collection includes pseudo-Rhodos drachmas minted in Crete, Central Greece and Samothrace. As a result of many years of study R.H.J. Ashton, it can be said that pseudo-Rhodos drachmas with a low weight in relation to Rhodes coins were minted in Crete, in Central Greece, including in Beotia in Haliartos, and in Tessalia, in Eretria and Histiaei in Euboea, on Samothrake, on Kos and centers of Asia Minor, in Miletus, in Jonia, in Karii – Alabanda and Mylasa, Kaunos. The influence of such emissions in Lycia is also visible. The production of imitations of the Rhodos dramas began in Crete at the end of the third century BC, durable, in various centers, until about 170 BC. Pseudo-Rhodos drachma, corresponding to Attic tetroboles and Egyptian trioboles (the weight of the coins coming from different centers is different) could become supra-regional money, but it does not change the fact of their “war” genesis. Such coins, however, were not circulated in Rhodes. The article refers to the circumstances in which the production of such coins began in Crete, and the reasons for the prevalence of such coins during the Third Macedonian War.

Highlights

  • Podjęcie tematu zawartego w tytule artykułu, tematu mającego już bardzo bogatą literaturę, jest efektem ponownego opracowania niewielkiego, ale ciekawego zespołu antycznych monet Rodos i ich naśladownictw, zgromadzonego w Muzeum Archeologicznym i Etnograficznym w Łodzi

  • The analysis of the findings shows that such coins were issued for the needs of the troops of both sides of the conflict – Romans and Macedonians

  • Ashton R.H.J., Warren J.A.W. 1997, A hoard of western Greek and pseudo-Rhodian silver, „Revue Belge de Numismatique” 143, 5-16

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Introduction

Podjęcie tematu zawartego w tytule artykułu, tematu mającego już bardzo bogatą literaturę, jest efektem ponownego opracowania niewielkiego, ale ciekawego zespołu antycznych monet Rodos i ich naśladownictw, zgromadzonego w Muzeum Archeologicznym i Etnograficznym w Łodzi.1. U podłoża rozważań są trzy pseudo-rodyjskie drachmy wybite na Krecie (A), w środkowej Grecji (B) oraz na Samotrake (C).2. P.n.e. Mennica w Samotrake, zgodnie z propozycją R.H.J. Ashtona, wydaje się być jednym z największych producentów pseudo-rodyjskich drachm.8. W efekcie wieloletnich studiów R.H.J. Ashtona stwierdzić można, że pseudo-rodyjskie drachmy o zaniżonej w stosunku do monet Rodos wadze, bite były na Krecie,14.

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