Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition

Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD)

By (author) Barbara Zając

Book cover: Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition

Extent: 280 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology, Numismatics

Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2023)

ISBN: 9781803274652

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $64.00

On back order

Add to cart -
back order

Synopsis
Contents
Contributing Authors
Reviews

Offering a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (98-117), this book characterises individual mints, the rhythm of monetary production, iconography and legends, and considers the attribution and dating of individual issues.

Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition presents a detailed analysis of the Roman provincial coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan (98-117), when 14 cities struck coins. The book characterises individual mints, the rhythm of monetary production, iconography and legends, and considers the attribution and dating of individual issues. Context is provided by studies on other categories of artefacts discovered in the local area, including epigraphic and material ones, such as fine art, sculptures and architectural remains. The extent of circulation is also analysed, as well as the coinage of the border centres of neighbouring provinces such as Thrace, Asia and Galatia-Cappadocia. Reference is made to historical sources, principally the correspondence of Pliny the Younger with the emperor, which can help to show the realities of life for the inhabitants of individual centres, including ongoing construction projects or local problems. Overall the book aims to reconstruct the coinage policy of individual cities and culture and religion in various centres during this period, as well as contacts and relationships among the local communities. In turn, the studies of individual cities allow for the creation of a general picture of coinage in the province.

Preface ;

Introduction ;

The Roman Empire and Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Mints in the province of Bithynia and Pontus ;

Chronology ;

Metrology and denominations ;

Iconography and legends of coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Coins without an ethnic with uncertain attributions ;

Pseudo-autonomous coins of Bithynia and Pontus ;

Production in the provincial centres ;

Circulation ;

The coinage of Bithynia and Pontus and issues of the neighbouring Roman provinces ;

Summary ;

Plates ;

References ;

Appendix 1: Legends on the coins of Bithynia and Pontus during the reign of Trajan ;

Index of Mythological Characters ;

Index of Names ;

Topographical and Geographical Index

By (author) Barbara Zając

‘In sum, Zając’s volume offers essential baselines in terms of metrology, denomination, iconography, and quantitative estimates that can be further deployed for a variety of research purposes. Issues concerning cooperative mechanisms, inter-city and inter-regional interactions are also raised. Readers will also likely value mentions of local cultural nuances and the varying degrees of Roman influence.’ – Ching-Yuan Wu (2024): Bryn Mawr Classical Review

—

Other Titles in this Series

A Map of the Body, a Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World

By (author) Iain Ferris

Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo

Rinvenimenti e ricerche archeologiche a Tezze di Arzignano e nella vallata dell'Agno-Guà (Vicenza)

Edited by Paolo Visonà

The Busy Periphery: Urban Systems of the Balkan and Danube Provinces (2nd – 3rd c. AD)

By (author) Damjan Donev

Immagini del tempo degli dei, immagini del tempo degli uomini

Un’analisi delle iconografie dei mesi nei calendari figurati romani e bizantini e del loro contest storico-culturale

By (author) Ciro Parodo

I vetri del Museo archeologico di Tripoli

By (author) Sofia Cingolani

Excavations in the Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon

The Priory Field Store Building, 2007-2010

By (author) Peter Guest By (author) Andrew Gardner

Les pratiques funéraires en Gaule lyonnaise de l’époque augustéenne à la fin du 3e siècle

By (author) András Márton

Glassware and Glassworking in Thessaloniki

1st Century BC – 6th Century AD

By (author) Anastassios Ch. Antonaras

Experiencing the Frontier and the Frontier of Experience: Barbarian perspectives and Roman strategies to deal with new threats

Edited by Alexander Rubel Edited by Hans-Ulrich Voß

Ritual in the Roman World

Approaches to Theory and Practices

Edited by Alessandra Esposito Edited by Jason Lundock Edited by Kaja Stemberger Flegar Edited by…

The Roman Frontier with Persia in North-Eastern Mesopotamia

Fortresses and Roads around Singara

By (author) Anthony Comfort

Rethinking the Concept of ‘Healing Settlements’: Water, Cults, Constructions and Contexts in the Ancient World

Edited by Maddalena Bassani Edited by Marion Bolder-Boos Edited by Ugo Fusco

The Roman Pottery Manufacturing Site in Highgate Wood: Excavations 1966-78

By (author) A. E. Brown By (author) H. L. Sheldon

Dinámicas históricas, religiosas e iconográficas en el norte de África

Edited by Fabiola Salcedo Garcés Edited by Jorge García Sánchez Edited by Raquel Rubio González

The Roman Municipia of Malta and Gozo

The Epigraphic Evidence

By (author) George Azzopardi

Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean

A Comparative Archaeological Study at Antiochia ad Cragum (Turkey) and Delos (Greece)

By (author) Emlyn K. Dodd

Durovigutum: Roman Godmanchester

By (author) H. J. M. Green Prepared for publication by Tim Malim

Romans, Rubbish, and Refuse

The archaeobotanical assemblage of Regione VI, insula I, Pompeii

By (author) Charlene Alexandria Murphy

Cultural Transformations in Germania Secunda

A Holistic Approach to 'Barbarian' Migrations

By (author) Berber S. van der Meulen-van der Veen

I reperti e i motivi egizi ed egittizzanti a Pompei

Indagine preliminare per una loro contestualizzazione

By (author) Nikola D. Bellucci

Die Ausrüstung der römischen Armee auf der Siegessäule des Marcus Aurelius in Rom

Ein Vergleich zwischen der skulpturalen Darstellung und den archäologischen Bodenfunden

By (author) Boris Alexander Nikolaus Burandt

Urbanism of Roman Siscia

Interpretation of Historical and Modern Maps, Drawings and Plans

By (author) Tatjana Lolić

Le ciel sur pierre : les gemmes astrologiques romaines (Ier s. av. J.-C. – IVe s. apr. J.-C.)

By (author) Fabio Spadini

Villas, Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano-British Countryside

New Perspectives and Controversies

Edited by Martin Henig Edited by Grahame Soffe Edited by Kate Adcock Edited by Anthony…

The Hypogeum of the Aurelii

A new interpretation as the collegiate tomb of professional scribae

By (author) John Bradley

Römisches Zaumzeug aus Pompeji, Herculaneum und Stabiae

Metallzäume, Trensen und Kandaren

By (author) Christina Simon

Las domus de Bulla Regia (Túnez): arquitectura y decoración musiva

By (author) Raquel Rubio González

Excavations at Chester. The Northern and Eastern Roman Extramural Settlements

Excavations 1990-2019 and other investigations

By (author) Leigh Dodd

The Urban Landscape of Bakchias: A Town of the Fayyūm from the Ptolemaic-Roman Period to Late Antiquity

By (author) Paola Buzi By (author) Enrico Giorgi

Great Waterworks in Roman Greece

Aqueducts and Monumental Fountain Structures: Function in Context

Edited by Georgia A. Aristodemou Edited by Theodosios P. Tassios

Similar Books

A Corpus of Samarian Coinage from the Persian Period, Volumes I & II

By (author) Haim Gitler By (author) Mati Johananoff By (author) Oren Tal

Apsaros

A Roman Fort on the Colchis Coast

Volume 15

by Radoslaw Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski

Attic Red Figure Cups

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

By (author) Ann H. Ashmead By (author) Kyle M. Phillips Jr. Contributions by Amanda S.…

Caesar’s Visions and Impact on the Roman Empire

Revisiting the Archaeological and Historical Record of the 40s BC

Volume 2

edited by Kresimir Matijevic, Rubina Raja and Jorg Rupke

Coins and Money in the Middle Ages

Studies in Honor of Alan Stahl

Volume 50

Edited by Merle Eisenberg Edited by Lee Mordechai Edited by David Yoon

Denarii beyond the Empire

Political and Cultural Perspectives on Roman Silver Coins in Barbaricum

Volume 17

Edited by Fraser Hunter Edited by Arkadiusz Dymowski Edited by Dorota Dzierzbicka

Drunk the Potion, No Whit Charmed

The Doctrine of Pure and Perfect Souls from Iamblichus to Damascius

By (author) Benedetto Neola

Essays for the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Victor D. Brenner

Edited by Jesse Kraft

Etruscan and Roman Hellenistic Anatomical ex votos

Reassessing Popular Religious Expressions in Central Italy

Volume 8

By (author) Fabiana Fabbri

Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond

Edited by Shaun Tougher

Gods and Heroes in the Athenian Agora

Volume 19

by John McK. Camp II

Imag(in)ing Samothrace

From Homer to the HoloLens

Edited by Bonna D. Wescoat Edited by Ellen M. Archie Edited by Rebecca A. Salem

Invisible Labour in Antiquity

Visualizing Obscure Work in the Ancient Mediterannean and West Asia

Volume 1

edited by Nathanael Andrade and Rubina Raja

Journal of Early American Numismatics Vol. 8, No. 2

Volume 8.2

Edited by Christopher McDowell

Late Antique villae in the Balkans (3rd–7th c. AD): Current Research Questions and Perspectives

HAEMUS Companion to the Late Antique Balkans 1

Volume 4

Edited by Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska

Megaliths and Graphical Markers in Landscapes

New Techniques of Documentation

Edited by Esther Navajo Samaniego Edited by Alia Vázquez Martínez

Minoan Religion

New Material and Interpretations

Volume 76

Edited by Nanno Marinatos Edited by Fritz Blakolmer

Nurturing the Elite

Representations of Drinking, Eating, and Religious Vessels in Palmyrene Funerary Iconography

Volume 13

by Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci and Rubina Raja

Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro 2016–22

Volume 55

Edited by Carl Knappett Edited by Alexandra Livarda Edited by Nicoletta Momigliano

Piers Plowman

A New Annotated Edition of the A-text

By (author) William Langland Edited by Eric Weiskott

Portraying the Individual in the Roman East

Local–Imperial Entanglements in Sculpture, Mosaics, and Paintings (First–Fourth Centuries AD)

Volume 18

Edited by Rubina Raja

The City of Gaza in the Roman Period

The Numismatic Evidence (First Century BCE–Third Century CE)

By (author) Yoav Farhi

The Emperor’s Treasurer Hunters

German Archaeologists and the Plundering of the Orient

By (author) Jurgen Gottschlich By (author) Dilek Zaptcioglu-Gottschlich

The Historical Review of Sparta, Vol. 1, 2026

Volume 1

Edited by Giorgio Piras Edited by Rita Sassu

The James M. Collier Collection of Greek and Roman Coins

A Selection

By (author) Dimitrios Gerothanasis By (author) Johannes Stelzhammer By (author) Alan Walker By (author) Rex…

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Volume LXXXIX

Volume 110

Edited by A. Benaissa Edited by N. Gonis

The U-Shaped Building at Caesarea Maritima

A Garden Attached to the Praetorium

Volume 32

by Jane DeRose Evans and Jennifer Tobin

After Life in Roman Paganism. L’Égypte des astrologues. Les Mages hellénisés

Introductions historiographiques

Volume 7

By (author) Dario Cellamare By (author) Francesco Massa By (author) Florian Audureau By (author) Alain…

Atlante tematico di topografia antica 36-2026

Urbanistica e monumenti, porti, Roma. Ricerche sui monti Aurunci

Volume 36

Edited by Stefania Quilici Gigli Edited by Lorenzo Quilici

Codex. Vol. 7, 2026

Giornale romanistico di studi giuridici, politici e sociali

Volume 7

Edited by Oliviero Diliberto Edited by Claudia Giuffrida Edited by Meiling Huang Edited by Orazio…

Epigraphica. LXXXVIII, 2026

Periodico Internazionale di Epigrafia

Volume 88

Edited by Attilio Mastino Edited by Maria Bollini

Florenz — Stadt der Dichter

Eine literarische Spurensuche

by Karl Philipp Ellerbrock

Gods and Heroes in the Athenian Agora (Modern Greek)

Volume 19

by John McK. Camp II, translated by Eirini Dimitriadou

I Germani e l’Impero Romano. Storia e diritti

Saggi delle edizioni degli incontri 2024-2025

Volume 14

By (author) Lucia Di Cintio

Ispirazioni

Vite italiane dell’arte greca

Volume 78

Edited by Alfonsina Russo Edited by Nikolaos Stampolidis With Roberta Alteri With Alessio De Cristofaro

Opera Ipogea. Anno XXVIII, n.1 / 2026

Journal of Speleology in Artificial Cavities

Edited by Massimo Mancini

Selinus VII. La ceramica di produzione locale di Selinunte

Nascita ed evoluzione

Volume 29

By (author) Linda Adorno

Von Tieren wissen

Studien zum "Buch der Natur" Konrads von Megenberg

By (author) Anna-Theresa Kölczer

‘Let Us Have Peace’

A Catalogue of Indian Peace Medals at the American Numismatic Society

Volume 6

By (author) Oliver D. Hoover

5,000 Years of Fine Cretan Wines

Glimpses of the History of Wine on a Beautiful Island

by Albert Leonard, Jr. and Philip P. Betancourt

54 Souidias

A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Edited by Jenifer Neils

A Dramatic Event in Late Roman Florence

The Anomalous Burial Site Discovered beneath the Uffizi Gallery

Edited by Elsa Pacciani

Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition

Tell a Colleague/Librarian/Friend

Other Titles in this Series

Similar Books

Join the ISD Mailing List