Ancient Numismatics by Evgeny Zakharov
Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost, 2022
The present paper is a publication of a collection of the coins of Hellenistic Cappadocia held by... more The present paper is a publication of a collection of the coins of Hellenistic Cappadocia held by the State Historical Museum (Moscow). This collection consists of 37 items: 36 drachms and a tetradrachm, including rare and unique specimens. The coins under investigation relates to the coinage of Ariarates IV, Ariarates V, Ariarates VI, Ariarates IX, Ariobarzanes I, Ariobarzanes III and Ariarates X. A great part of these items derives from the acquisitions of the late XIX – early XX centuries. Unfortunately, the precise information about its provenance is unavailable. Ten pieces were received by SHM after 1945 and come from private collections of various collectors. 24 items out of 37 belong to the reign of Ariobarzanes I and represent coins of the same denomination – drachm. A relatively chronologically representative sample made it possible to analyze the surface composition of the metal alloy of coins by X-ray fluorescence analysis. The results show that by the end of reign of Ariobarzanes I the percentage of silver in the coin decreases while the proportion of copper increases. The correlation analysis demonstrates a very high level of inverse correlation between silver and copper, which means that the "spoilage" of the coin took place precisely due to an increase in the proportion of copper, and the trace impurities of other metals found in the metal were not included in this process. It could be assumed that such a decrease of proportion of silver in the coins of Ariobarzan I was caused by the difficult financial situation of Cappadocia at the end of the Third Mithridatic War.
Journal of Ancient Civilizations, 2023
The present paper publishes the collection of early Ptolemaic coins from the
Numismatic Departmen... more The present paper publishes the collection of early Ptolemaic coins from the
Numismatic Department of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It contains 125 items of the first four Ptolemaic kings from Ptolemy I to Ptolemy IV, including some rare and unrecorded specimens.
Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost, 2024
The article presents a collection of early Ptolemaic coins (from Ptolemy I to Ptolemy IV) from th... more The article presents a collection of early Ptolemaic coins (from Ptolemy I to Ptolemy IV) from the collection of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It includes 168 specimens. A significant part of the Ptolemaic coins collection of the State Historical Museum was compiled in the late 19th – first half of the 20th century. There are no precise details about the provenance of most specimens. A part of the collection comes from private collections of the 20th century. While most of the specimens belong to well-known coin types, which have been widely published in various catalogues, the collection also includes very rare and unique coins which have not yet been the focus of detailed study. The State Historical Museum holds 31 coins of Ptolemy I, 51 coins of Ptolemy II, 55 coins of Ptolemy III and 20 coins of Ptolemy IV. All of them belong to different silver and bronze denominations. The coins of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy IV are of a wide variety of bronze denominations issued in Alexandria. Most of the coins were issued at the mint of Alexandria, but some specimens belong to the output of the mints of Tyre, Berenice (Libya), Cyprus, Sicily and others. The specimen No. 116 is of particular interest as it belongs to the “Corinthian series” of bronze coins of Ptolemy III. The metrological analysis of the coins of this series suggests that this specimen belongs to the trichalcus. This denomination has not been previously recorded for this series.
The paper publishes an archaic billon hemiecton of Lesbos found during excavations of Tauric Cher... more The paper publishes an archaic billon hemiecton of Lesbos found during excavations of Tauric Chersonesos' South suburb.
Vestnik drevney istorii, 2024
The paper presents a hoard of 46 Seleucid bronze coins found in 2021 in the south of the Republic... more The paper presents a hoard of 46 Seleucid bronze coins found in 2021 in the south of the Republic of Dagestan (Russia). The core of this complex consists of 43 bronze coins of Antiochus IV, minted at Antioch on the Orontes. All of them belong to the so-called ‘Egyptianizing’ series, produced in the period from autumn 169 to autumn 168 BC. In addition to these coins, the hoard includes two coins of Antiochus IV from Seleucia on the Tigris. A unique feature of this hoard is the presence of a coin of Seleucid usurper Timarchos, probably issued in 162–160 BC. Most likely, the hoard was formed outside of Caucasian Albania and reflects the composition of the coin circulation in the eastern regions of the Seleucid kingdom in the second half of the second century BC.
Российский конгресс по нумизматике. Москва, 9–10 июня 2022 года. Сборник материалов. М., 2023. С. 42–47., 2023
Двадцать вторая Всероссийская нумизматическая конференция. Смоленск, 22–26 мая 2023 г. Тезисы докладов и сообщений. Смоленск, 2023. С. 24–25., 2023
Нумизматические чтения Государственного исторического музея 2022 года. К 150-летию Государственного исторического музея. Москва, 22 и 23 ноября 2022 г. Материалы докладов и сообщений. М., 2022. С. 9–12., 2022
Российская археология, 2022
The paper provides an overview of the finds of Seleucid coins derived from the territory of the a... more The paper provides an overview of the finds of Seleucid coins derived from the territory of the ancient states of the Northern Black Sea region. Despite the fact that about twenty Seleucid coins that came from the region have been recorded in historiography, only four bronzes were discovered during the excavations of Olbia, Tauric Chersonesos, and cities of the Cimmerian Bosporus – Panticapaeum and Myrmekion, while the
provenance of the remaining items is doubtful. A comparison with the finds of Seleucid coins from the neighbouring regions of Thrace and Transcaucasia made it possible to address at a new level both the role of these coins in the monetary circulation of the Northern Black Sea region and the issue of direct contacts between that region and the possessions of the Seleucid kings.
Ausstellungskatalog „EISENZEIT. EUROPA OHNE GRENZEN. 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.“ Sankt Petersburg, St... more Ausstellungskatalog „EISENZEIT. EUROPA OHNE GRENZEN. 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.“ Sankt Petersburg, Staatliche Eremitage, vom 10. November 2020 bis zum 28. Februar 2021. Moskau, Staatliches Historisches Museum, vom 15. April bis zum 15. Juli 2021
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 2021
The present paper publishes the collection of Seleukid coins from the Numismatic Department of th... more The present paper publishes the collection of Seleukid coins from the Numismatic Department of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It contains 118 items of several
Seleukid rulers ranging from Seleukos I to Antiochos XIII
Вестник древней истории, 2021
The present paper is the third and final part of the catalogue of Seleukid coins from the collect... more The present paper is the third and final part of the catalogue of Seleukid coins from the collection of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It provides a publication of 140 items,
including some rare and unrecorded coin issues.
VIII Международный нумизматический симпозиум «ПриPONTийский меняла: деньги местного рынка». Керчь, 2 – 6 октября 2021 г. Материалы научной конференции, 2021
VII Международный нумизматический симпозиум "ПриPONTийский меняла: деньги местного рынка". Судак, 21–25 сентября 2020 г. Материалы научной конференции. Симферополь, 2020
Августейший нумизмат. Великий князь Георгий Михайлович. Судьба и наследие. Сборник материалов, 2020
Вестник древней истории, № 80/1, 2020
The present paper is the second part of the catalogue of Seleukid coins from the collection of th... more The present paper is the second part of the catalogue of Seleukid coins from the collection of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). The authors publish 76 items, including some rare and unrecorded coins.
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Ancient Numismatics by Evgeny Zakharov
Numismatic Department of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It contains 125 items of the first four Ptolemaic kings from Ptolemy I to Ptolemy IV, including some rare and unrecorded specimens.
provenance of the remaining items is doubtful. A comparison with the finds of Seleucid coins from the neighbouring regions of Thrace and Transcaucasia made it possible to address at a new level both the role of these coins in the monetary circulation of the Northern Black Sea region and the issue of direct contacts between that region and the possessions of the Seleucid kings.
Seleukid rulers ranging from Seleukos I to Antiochos XIII
including some rare and unrecorded coin issues.
Numismatic Department of the State Historical Museum (Moscow). It contains 125 items of the first four Ptolemaic kings from Ptolemy I to Ptolemy IV, including some rare and unrecorded specimens.
provenance of the remaining items is doubtful. A comparison with the finds of Seleucid coins from the neighbouring regions of Thrace and Transcaucasia made it possible to address at a new level both the role of these coins in the monetary circulation of the Northern Black Sea region and the issue of direct contacts between that region and the possessions of the Seleucid kings.
Seleukid rulers ranging from Seleukos I to Antiochos XIII
including some rare and unrecorded coin issues.
The depictions of a bow in gorites, represented in the stamps in all 4 corners on the front side of the weight, have close parallels among some types of Bosporan coins of the late 4th – 2nd century BC. The most similar ones are silver and bronze coins of the first half of the 2nd century BC with a depiction of Apollo head on the front side and bow in gorites on the back side.
Weight from the settlement Golubitskaya 2 weights 484,7 g, is preserved very well and has a few metal losses. Probably it belongs to the Bosporan weight standard with mina of 460–480 g.
Am Anfang werden Impressionen der Ausstellungseröffnung am 07. Juni 2016 im Staatlichen Historischen Museum gezeigt (5-7). Darauf folgt ein Überblick über die Geschichte des ‘Bosporos Projekts’ auf der Taman'-Halbinsel, wobei ‘Highlights’ der Grabungstätigkeiten und der naturwissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsmethoden vorgestellt werden (8-20). Auf den allgemeinen Überblick folgen detaillierte Einblicke in die naturwissenschaftlichen Teilprojekte und der Bearbeitung ausgewählter archäologischer Funde. Die Paläogeographie hat die antike Landschaft rekonstruieren können, wie sie sich den Griechen dargestellt hatte. Völlig überraschend wurde dabei ein zweiter schiffbarer Wasserweg östlich der heutigen Straße von Kerč (dem antiken Kimmerischen Bosporus) aufgedeckt: der sog. Kuban-Bosporus (21-27). Diese Erkenntnis führte zur Zusammenarbeit mit Historikern und Philologen: archäologische und geomorphologische Erkenntnisse werden mit der historischen Geographie und Topographie abgeglichen (28-34). Im Rahmen des Projekts dienten zudem archäologische Surveys der Untersuchung des antike Siedlungssystem auf der Taman'-Halbinsel (35-39). Dann werden die zwischen 2006 und 2015 in der griechischen Siedlung Golubickaja 2 aufgedeckten Fundgattungen erläutert: die früheste griechische Importkeramik, die bis in das 1. Viertel des 6. Jh. v. Chr. zurückreicht (40-44); Terrakotten, die nach Herkunft, Datierung, Bedeutung und ihre Verwendung in der Antike dargestellt werden (45-51); Transportamphoren verschiedener Herstellungszentren, die aus einem Amphorenkomplex des 5. Jh. v. Chr. stammen (52-55); Amphorenstempel werden im Kontext des Bosporanischen Reichs nach Herkunft und Datierung vorgestellt (56-58); attische und attisierende schwarzfirnis Keramik aus dem 6. - 2. Jh. v. Chr. werden in ihrem Typenrepertoire erklärt (59-61); handgeformte Keramik wird im Bilde der Analogien aus den Nachbargebieten der indigenen Völker besprochen (62-64); Fundmünzen aus dem späten 6./Anfang 5. Jh. bis ans Ende des 2. Jh. v. Chr. erlauben einen Vergleich im Kontext des Bosporanischen Reichs (65-70); technische Geräte wie Reibsteine waren zur Herstellung des Grundnahrungsmittels Getreide notwendig (71-73); Knochenfunde geben Auskunft über die Zusammensetzung von Nutz- und Haustiere sowie des Speiseplans der Bewohner (74-76); ein ungewöhnliches Bodenobjekt neben der Siedlung gehört vermutlich zu einer Tonabbaugrube (77-79). Zuletzt werden noch zwei weitere Grabungsprojekte auf der Taman'-Halbinsel vorgestellt: Die Fortifikation der im 6. Jh. v. Chr. am Ufer des Kuban-Bosporus gegründeten griechischen Siedlung Strelka 2 (80-84) sowie das Heiligtum der Artemis Agrotera auf dem Berg 'Boris und Gleb' (85-89). Abschließend gewähren lokale chemische Gruppen sowie die Lokalisierung hellenistischer Keramik aus der sog. Kirbei-Werkstatt im kleinasiatischen Kyme einen Einblick in die laufenden archäometrischen Untersuchungen zur Herkunftsbestimmung der Keramik (90-93).