Journal of the Serbian Archaeological Society , 1999
The eighty (80) specimens of Greek coins in the Coin Collection of the City Museum of Belgrade en... more The eighty (80) specimens of Greek coins in the Coin Collection of the City Museum of Belgrade enlarge the repertory of the Greek coin types found in the area of the city, notably in the area of Zemun (Semlin), once inhabited by the Celtic tribe of Scordisci. There are also eleven (11) modern forgeries of ancient Greek coins in the Collection.
Damastion was a mining and minting town in the interior of the Balkans near abundant silver mines... more Damastion was a mining and minting town in the interior of the Balkans near abundant silver mines founded by fugitives from Aegina and Mende, after they had been expelled from their native cities by the Athenians during the turmoil of the Peloponnesian War (Strabo 7.7.8 and 8.6.16). Founded shortly after the Peace of Nicias of 421 B.C., in challenging times of restructuring of powers and regrouping of fugitives and exiles on both sides, and during an acute shortage of silver required for financing the impending war operations, the town seems to have been exceptional in several respects, including its name. It appears that Damastion was named after its founder, Damastas or Damastes, considerably earlier than the practice of naming a foundation after its founder became common in Hellenistic times. In this paper I address the circumstances that likely prompted or perhaps encouraged such a choice for the new foundation’s name. Key words: Damastion, Greek colonization, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, ancient silver mines, Greek coinage, Olynthus
This article presents 35 specimens of the Hellenistic coins discovered at modern Risan in Montene... more This article presents 35 specimens of the Hellenistic coins discovered at modern Risan in Montenegro, from the Coin Collection of the former Center for archaeological Research of Montenegro. These coins mostly match the pattern of the contents of published lots of Hellenistic coins from Risan, in which the locally minted coins predominate, followed by the coins of the major Greek cities of the region. There are two uncommon finds, which appear for the first time among the coins from Risan: a hemidrachm of Dyrrhachion and a bronze coin of Boeotia, minted during the period of Macedonian supremacy.
Proceedings, XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 (Roma - Taormina), 2017
This paper presents a handful of Greek coins from the private collection of Sir Arthur John Evans... more This paper presents a handful of Greek coins from the private collection of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), kept in the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford. Evans, who was the Keeper of this museum from 1884 to 1908 and had a major role in organizing its Coin Room, collected a large number of coins during his travels and explorations throughout Europe, especially from 1875 to 1881 in the Western Balkans. The coins listed in the catalog were discovered by Evans in Risan, ancient Rhizon/Risinium, situated in modern Montenegro. Considered within the larger pool of published Greek coins from Risan, these coins provide a contribution to our understanding of the ancient town of Rhizon, and to the study of the contacts and exchanges in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas regions in the Hellenistic period.
Abstract
Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, is... more Abstract Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, issued drachms depicting a cow suckling her calf from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. Large quantities of these drachms have been discovered, both in numerous hoards and as innumerable finds of single coins, far from the cities that issued them, in the basin of the middle Danube, the homeland of the Scordisci, and further afield in Dacia and Thrace. A remarkable concentration of both hoards (more than 30) and single finds of these drachms discovered in the territory of the Scordisci represents an extraordinary monetary phenomenon deserving attention. The chronology of issuing of these drachms long remained unclear, but recent research by Petrányi (1995, 1996 and 1997), and Picard and Gjongecaj (1996, 1999, 2000 and 2000a), provided a clarification of the chronology of the final phase of their issuance. It has been determined that the massive output started only ca. 80/70 BC, reached its maximum ca. 60/50 BC and ceased ca. 50/40 BC. The use of this new chronology in examining the drachms present in the hoards discovered in the territory of the Scordisci requires a down-dating of their arrival in that region to the middle of the 1st century BC. Consequently, the interpretation of the causes of the massive inflow of these coins deep into the Balkan hinterland, into the lands of the Scordisci and beyond, needs reconsideration. Since it was the period of large military operations throughout the Balkans – the Mithridatic wars and the Roman civil wars – it is probable that various military payments, rather than trade, prompted a rapid transfer of such large quantities of these drachms into these distant regions.
This article presents an overview of the
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern R... more This article presents an overview of the
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern Risan in Montenegro, which is located
on the site of the ancient Rhizon, in
the Gulf of Kotor, the ancient Sinus
Rhizonicus. These finds
indicate a number of regional and farther
contacts via land- and sea-routes from the
4th to the 2nd century B.C. and a dynamic
life in Rhizon during this period.
The position of Damastion, a Greek colony founded by the fugitives from Aegina and Mende shortly ... more The position of Damastion, a Greek colony founded by the fugitives from Aegina and Mende shortly after 420 BC somewhere in Illyria near the abundant silver mines (Strabo 7.7.8 and 8.6.16), has still not been established with certainty. An analysis of the pattern of findspots of coins of this town demonstrates a concentration in the area of the rich silver mines of southern Kosovo, indicating that Damastion should be sought somewhere in that region.
The existence of a city called Damastion, situated near notable silver mines deep in the Balkan h... more The existence of a city called Damastion, situated near notable silver mines deep in the Balkan hinterlands, has been known from a passage in Strabo’s Geography (7.7.8) and from its abundant silver coinage spread over the central and western Balkan regions. However, the scarceness of information kept many features of this city enigmatic. This paper explores an augmentation of Strabo’s passage 8.6.16 on Aegina, which shows that Damastion was a Greek foundation, and examines the historical setting of its founding and the beginning of its coinage. The results suggest that the foundation of Damastion occurred during the Peloponnesian War, most probably shortly after the Peace of Nicias (421 B.C.), and that the beginning of the coinage of Damastion may be dated ca. 395 B.C.
Key words: Greek coinage, Damastion, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, Olynthus, ancient silver mines
Translation from English into Croatian: Prof. Nikolina Jovanovic
L'Illyrie méridionale et l'Epire dans l'Antiquité III. Actes du 3e colloque international de Chantilly (1996), réunis par P. Cabanes (Paris, De Boccard, 1998), 1998
The paper presents a specimen of the rare silver coinage of King Ballaios, with a goal of enlargi... more The paper presents a specimen of the rare silver coinage of King Ballaios, with a goal of enlarging the numismatic database for the study of this still enigmatic ruler who remains unrecorded by the extant literary sources, yet nonetheless issued large amounts of bronze coins that spread over a considerable area of the eastern Adriatic coast and beyond, and also his silver coins with a royal title.
Članak opisuje primjerak rijetke srebrne kovanice kralja Baleja. Cilj je članku povećati numizmatičke baze podataka za proučavanje tog zagonetnog vladara. Balej se ne spominje u postojećoj numizmatičkoj literaturi, ali kovao je vrlo mnogo brončanog novca koji se proširio velikim dijelom istočne jadranske obale i dalje. Kovao je i srebrni novac na kojem je upisana i titula kralja.
Digital edition of vol. 59/70 (2017) of the periodical Numizmaticke vijesti will soon be available at http://hrcak.srce.hr/numizmatickevijesti .
There are two main types of the autonomous coins of Rhizon in Illyria, both of which have the ins... more There are two main types of the autonomous coins of Rhizon in Illyria, both of which have the inscription PIZONITAN on the reverse: the Post-Ballaios type, and the Apollo/Artemis type. The following analysis of the autonomous coinages of Rhizon is based on the information available from more than 100 specimens of both types. All these coins were discovered in Risan, as stray site-finds at Carine, the modern name of the site of the lower town of ancient Rhizon, except for one specimen of unknown provenance.
Highlights:
- A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damasti... more Highlights: - A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damastion, p.89-90. - Katarina Romic, School of Geology and Mining, Belgrade: Position of silver ore bodies and mines in Serbia p. 91-92.
From the expansion of the Macedonian kingdom during the reigns of Philip ii and Alexander the Gre... more From the expansion of the Macedonian kingdom during the reigns of Philip ii and Alexander the Great in the second half of the 4th century B.C. until its dismembering by the Romans in 167 B.C., the inflow of the Macedonian royal coinage continually played the principal role in the monetarization of the economies of the tribes in the interior of the Balkans. The objective of this article is to examine the emergence of this coinage in the territory of the Scordisci, a north-Balkan Celtic tribe, attempting to integrate the numismatic material into the study of the political and economic history of the tribes in the interior of the Balkans.
Journal of the Serbian Archaeological Society , 1999
The eighty (80) specimens of Greek coins in the Coin Collection of the City Museum of Belgrade en... more The eighty (80) specimens of Greek coins in the Coin Collection of the City Museum of Belgrade enlarge the repertory of the Greek coin types found in the area of the city, notably in the area of Zemun (Semlin), once inhabited by the Celtic tribe of Scordisci. There are also eleven (11) modern forgeries of ancient Greek coins in the Collection.
Damastion was a mining and minting town in the interior of the Balkans near abundant silver mines... more Damastion was a mining and minting town in the interior of the Balkans near abundant silver mines founded by fugitives from Aegina and Mende, after they had been expelled from their native cities by the Athenians during the turmoil of the Peloponnesian War (Strabo 7.7.8 and 8.6.16). Founded shortly after the Peace of Nicias of 421 B.C., in challenging times of restructuring of powers and regrouping of fugitives and exiles on both sides, and during an acute shortage of silver required for financing the impending war operations, the town seems to have been exceptional in several respects, including its name. It appears that Damastion was named after its founder, Damastas or Damastes, considerably earlier than the practice of naming a foundation after its founder became common in Hellenistic times. In this paper I address the circumstances that likely prompted or perhaps encouraged such a choice for the new foundation’s name. Key words: Damastion, Greek colonization, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, ancient silver mines, Greek coinage, Olynthus
This article presents 35 specimens of the Hellenistic coins discovered at modern Risan in Montene... more This article presents 35 specimens of the Hellenistic coins discovered at modern Risan in Montenegro, from the Coin Collection of the former Center for archaeological Research of Montenegro. These coins mostly match the pattern of the contents of published lots of Hellenistic coins from Risan, in which the locally minted coins predominate, followed by the coins of the major Greek cities of the region. There are two uncommon finds, which appear for the first time among the coins from Risan: a hemidrachm of Dyrrhachion and a bronze coin of Boeotia, minted during the period of Macedonian supremacy.
Proceedings, XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 (Roma - Taormina), 2017
This paper presents a handful of Greek coins from the private collection of Sir Arthur John Evans... more This paper presents a handful of Greek coins from the private collection of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), kept in the Heberden Coin Room of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford. Evans, who was the Keeper of this museum from 1884 to 1908 and had a major role in organizing its Coin Room, collected a large number of coins during his travels and explorations throughout Europe, especially from 1875 to 1881 in the Western Balkans. The coins listed in the catalog were discovered by Evans in Risan, ancient Rhizon/Risinium, situated in modern Montenegro. Considered within the larger pool of published Greek coins from Risan, these coins provide a contribution to our understanding of the ancient town of Rhizon, and to the study of the contacts and exchanges in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas regions in the Hellenistic period.
Abstract
Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, is... more Abstract Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, issued drachms depicting a cow suckling her calf from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. Large quantities of these drachms have been discovered, both in numerous hoards and as innumerable finds of single coins, far from the cities that issued them, in the basin of the middle Danube, the homeland of the Scordisci, and further afield in Dacia and Thrace. A remarkable concentration of both hoards (more than 30) and single finds of these drachms discovered in the territory of the Scordisci represents an extraordinary monetary phenomenon deserving attention. The chronology of issuing of these drachms long remained unclear, but recent research by Petrányi (1995, 1996 and 1997), and Picard and Gjongecaj (1996, 1999, 2000 and 2000a), provided a clarification of the chronology of the final phase of their issuance. It has been determined that the massive output started only ca. 80/70 BC, reached its maximum ca. 60/50 BC and ceased ca. 50/40 BC. The use of this new chronology in examining the drachms present in the hoards discovered in the territory of the Scordisci requires a down-dating of their arrival in that region to the middle of the 1st century BC. Consequently, the interpretation of the causes of the massive inflow of these coins deep into the Balkan hinterland, into the lands of the Scordisci and beyond, needs reconsideration. Since it was the period of large military operations throughout the Balkans – the Mithridatic wars and the Roman civil wars – it is probable that various military payments, rather than trade, prompted a rapid transfer of such large quantities of these drachms into these distant regions.
This article presents an overview of the
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern R... more This article presents an overview of the
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern Risan in Montenegro, which is located
on the site of the ancient Rhizon, in
the Gulf of Kotor, the ancient Sinus
Rhizonicus. These finds
indicate a number of regional and farther
contacts via land- and sea-routes from the
4th to the 2nd century B.C. and a dynamic
life in Rhizon during this period.
The position of Damastion, a Greek colony founded by the fugitives from Aegina and Mende shortly ... more The position of Damastion, a Greek colony founded by the fugitives from Aegina and Mende shortly after 420 BC somewhere in Illyria near the abundant silver mines (Strabo 7.7.8 and 8.6.16), has still not been established with certainty. An analysis of the pattern of findspots of coins of this town demonstrates a concentration in the area of the rich silver mines of southern Kosovo, indicating that Damastion should be sought somewhere in that region.
The existence of a city called Damastion, situated near notable silver mines deep in the Balkan h... more The existence of a city called Damastion, situated near notable silver mines deep in the Balkan hinterlands, has been known from a passage in Strabo’s Geography (7.7.8) and from its abundant silver coinage spread over the central and western Balkan regions. However, the scarceness of information kept many features of this city enigmatic. This paper explores an augmentation of Strabo’s passage 8.6.16 on Aegina, which shows that Damastion was a Greek foundation, and examines the historical setting of its founding and the beginning of its coinage. The results suggest that the foundation of Damastion occurred during the Peloponnesian War, most probably shortly after the Peace of Nicias (421 B.C.), and that the beginning of the coinage of Damastion may be dated ca. 395 B.C.
Key words: Greek coinage, Damastion, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, Olynthus, ancient silver mines
Translation from English into Croatian: Prof. Nikolina Jovanovic
L'Illyrie méridionale et l'Epire dans l'Antiquité III. Actes du 3e colloque international de Chantilly (1996), réunis par P. Cabanes (Paris, De Boccard, 1998), 1998
The paper presents a specimen of the rare silver coinage of King Ballaios, with a goal of enlargi... more The paper presents a specimen of the rare silver coinage of King Ballaios, with a goal of enlarging the numismatic database for the study of this still enigmatic ruler who remains unrecorded by the extant literary sources, yet nonetheless issued large amounts of bronze coins that spread over a considerable area of the eastern Adriatic coast and beyond, and also his silver coins with a royal title.
Članak opisuje primjerak rijetke srebrne kovanice kralja Baleja. Cilj je članku povećati numizmatičke baze podataka za proučavanje tog zagonetnog vladara. Balej se ne spominje u postojećoj numizmatičkoj literaturi, ali kovao je vrlo mnogo brončanog novca koji se proširio velikim dijelom istočne jadranske obale i dalje. Kovao je i srebrni novac na kojem je upisana i titula kralja.
Digital edition of vol. 59/70 (2017) of the periodical Numizmaticke vijesti will soon be available at http://hrcak.srce.hr/numizmatickevijesti .
There are two main types of the autonomous coins of Rhizon in Illyria, both of which have the ins... more There are two main types of the autonomous coins of Rhizon in Illyria, both of which have the inscription PIZONITAN on the reverse: the Post-Ballaios type, and the Apollo/Artemis type. The following analysis of the autonomous coinages of Rhizon is based on the information available from more than 100 specimens of both types. All these coins were discovered in Risan, as stray site-finds at Carine, the modern name of the site of the lower town of ancient Rhizon, except for one specimen of unknown provenance.
Highlights:
- A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damasti... more Highlights: - A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damastion, p.89-90. - Katarina Romic, School of Geology and Mining, Belgrade: Position of silver ore bodies and mines in Serbia p. 91-92.
From the expansion of the Macedonian kingdom during the reigns of Philip ii and Alexander the Gre... more From the expansion of the Macedonian kingdom during the reigns of Philip ii and Alexander the Great in the second half of the 4th century B.C. until its dismembering by the Romans in 167 B.C., the inflow of the Macedonian royal coinage continually played the principal role in the monetarization of the economies of the tribes in the interior of the Balkans. The objective of this article is to examine the emergence of this coinage in the territory of the Scordisci, a north-Balkan Celtic tribe, attempting to integrate the numismatic material into the study of the political and economic history of the tribes in the interior of the Balkans.
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Damastion was named after its founder, Damastas or Damastes, considerably earlier than the practice of naming a foundation after its founder became common in Hellenistic times. In this paper I address the circumstances that likely prompted or perhaps encouraged such
a choice for the new foundation’s name.
Key words: Damastion, Greek colonization, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, ancient silver
mines, Greek coinage, Olynthus
period.
Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, issued drachms depicting a cow suckling her calf from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. Large quantities of these drachms have been discovered, both in numerous hoards and as innumerable finds of single
coins, far from the cities that issued them, in the basin of the middle Danube, the homeland of the Scordisci, and further afield in Dacia and Thrace. A remarkable concentration of both hoards (more than 30) and single finds of these drachms discovered in the territory of the Scordisci represents an extraordinary monetary phenomenon deserving attention. The chronology of issuing of these drachms long remained unclear, but recent research by Petrányi (1995, 1996 and 1997), and Picard and Gjongecaj (1996, 1999, 2000 and 2000a), provided a clarification of the chronology of the final phase of their issuance. It has been determined that the massive output started
only ca. 80/70 BC, reached its maximum ca. 60/50 BC and ceased ca. 50/40 BC. The use of this new chronology in examining the drachms present in the hoards discovered in the territory of the Scordisci requires a down-dating of their arrival in that region to the middle of the 1st century BC. Consequently, the interpretation of the causes of the massive inflow of these coins deep into the Balkan hinterland, into the lands of the Scordisci and beyond, needs reconsideration. Since it was the period of large military operations throughout the Balkans – the Mithridatic wars and the Roman civil wars – it is probable that various military payments, rather than trade, prompted a rapid
transfer of such large quantities of these drachms into these distant regions.
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern Risan in Montenegro, which is located
on the site of the ancient Rhizon, in
the Gulf of Kotor, the ancient Sinus
Rhizonicus. These finds
indicate a number of regional and farther
contacts via land- and sea-routes from the
4th to the 2nd century B.C. and a dynamic
life in Rhizon during this period.
Key words: Greek coinage, Damastion, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, Olynthus, ancient silver mines
Translation from English into Croatian: Prof. Nikolina Jovanovic
Članak opisuje primjerak rijetke srebrne kovanice kralja Baleja. Cilj je članku povećati numizmatičke baze podataka za proučavanje tog zagonetnog vladara. Balej se ne spominje u postojećoj numizmatičkoj literaturi, ali kovao je vrlo mnogo brončanog novca koji se proširio velikim dijelom istočne jadranske obale i dalje. Kovao je i srebrni novac na kojem je upisana i titula kralja.
Digital edition of vol. 59/70 (2017) of the periodical Numizmaticke vijesti will soon be available at http://hrcak.srce.hr/numizmatickevijesti .
- A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damastion, p.89-90.
- Katarina Romic, School of Geology and Mining, Belgrade: Position of silver ore bodies and mines in Serbia p. 91-92.
Damastion was named after its founder, Damastas or Damastes, considerably earlier than the practice of naming a foundation after its founder became common in Hellenistic times. In this paper I address the circumstances that likely prompted or perhaps encouraged such
a choice for the new foundation’s name.
Key words: Damastion, Greek colonization, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, ancient silver
mines, Greek coinage, Olynthus
period.
Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the two most important Greek cities on the Illyrian coast, issued drachms depicting a cow suckling her calf from the 3rd to the 1st century BC. Large quantities of these drachms have been discovered, both in numerous hoards and as innumerable finds of single
coins, far from the cities that issued them, in the basin of the middle Danube, the homeland of the Scordisci, and further afield in Dacia and Thrace. A remarkable concentration of both hoards (more than 30) and single finds of these drachms discovered in the territory of the Scordisci represents an extraordinary monetary phenomenon deserving attention. The chronology of issuing of these drachms long remained unclear, but recent research by Petrányi (1995, 1996 and 1997), and Picard and Gjongecaj (1996, 1999, 2000 and 2000a), provided a clarification of the chronology of the final phase of their issuance. It has been determined that the massive output started
only ca. 80/70 BC, reached its maximum ca. 60/50 BC and ceased ca. 50/40 BC. The use of this new chronology in examining the drachms present in the hoards discovered in the territory of the Scordisci requires a down-dating of their arrival in that region to the middle of the 1st century BC. Consequently, the interpretation of the causes of the massive inflow of these coins deep into the Balkan hinterland, into the lands of the Scordisci and beyond, needs reconsideration. Since it was the period of large military operations throughout the Balkans – the Mithridatic wars and the Roman civil wars – it is probable that various military payments, rather than trade, prompted a rapid
transfer of such large quantities of these drachms into these distant regions.
classical and Hellenistic coins discovered at
modern Risan in Montenegro, which is located
on the site of the ancient Rhizon, in
the Gulf of Kotor, the ancient Sinus
Rhizonicus. These finds
indicate a number of regional and farther
contacts via land- and sea-routes from the
4th to the 2nd century B.C. and a dynamic
life in Rhizon during this period.
Key words: Greek coinage, Damastion, Peloponnesian War, Aegina, Olynthus, ancient silver mines
Translation from English into Croatian: Prof. Nikolina Jovanovic
Članak opisuje primjerak rijetke srebrne kovanice kralja Baleja. Cilj je članku povećati numizmatičke baze podataka za proučavanje tog zagonetnog vladara. Balej se ne spominje u postojećoj numizmatičkoj literaturi, ali kovao je vrlo mnogo brončanog novca koji se proširio velikim dijelom istočne jadranske obale i dalje. Kovao je i srebrni novac na kojem je upisana i titula kralja.
Digital edition of vol. 59/70 (2017) of the periodical Numizmaticke vijesti will soon be available at http://hrcak.srce.hr/numizmatickevijesti .
- A Waldeseemueller's map (1513 AD) showing 'Dimosti', a toponym reminding of Damastion, p.89-90.
- Katarina Romic, School of Geology and Mining, Belgrade: Position of silver ore bodies and mines in Serbia p. 91-92.