Material Culture and Cultural Identity: A Study of Greek and Roman Coins from Dora
By (author) Rosa Maria Motta
Paperback (Published)
(February 2015)
ISBN: 9781784910921
8.31 x 11.69 inches
Price: $50.00
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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.
The ancient harbor town of Dor/Dora in modern Israel has a history that spanned from the Bronze Age until the Late Roman Era. The story of its peoples can be assembled from a variety of historical and archaeological sources derived from the nearly thirty years of research at Tel Dor – the archaeological site of the ancient city. Each primary source offers a certain kind of information with its own perspective. In the attempt to understand the city during its Graeco-Roman years – a time when Dora reached its largest physical extent and gained enough importance to mint its own coins, numismatic sources provide key information. With their politically, socio-culturally and territorially specific iconography, Dora’s coins indeed reveal that the city was self-aware of itself as a continuous culture, beginning with its Phoenician origins and continuing into its Roman present.
Preface ;
Acknowledgments ;
List of Abbreviations ;
List of Classical References ;
Chapter 1: Tel Dor’s Context ;
Chapter 2: Material Culture, Coins and Cultural Identity ;
Chapter 3: The Mint of Dora ;
Chapter 4: The Iconography of Dora’s Coins ;
Chapter 5: Epigraphic Analysis of Dora’s Coins ;
Chapter 6: Drawing Some Conclusions ;
Bibliography ;
Coin Catalogue ;
Coin Plates
- By (author) Rosa Maria Motta
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