Material Culture and Cultural Identity: A Study of Greek and Roman Coins from Dora

By (author) Rosa Maria Motta

Book cover: Material Culture and Cultural Identity: A Study of Greek and Roman Coins from Dora

Extent: 118 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2015)

ISBN: 9781784910921

8.27 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 ;

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  • By (author) Rosa Maria Motta