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TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY

Year 2023, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 7 - 22, 29.03.2023

Abstract

Tunay Demran Koleksiyonu’nda 370 adet Hellenistik, Roma İmparatorluğu, Roma Eyalet, Bizans, İslami ve Ortaçağ Avrupa sikkesi yer almaktadır. Tunay Demran Koleksiyonu Batı Anadolu bölgesinde, özellikle Manisa ve çevresinde, bulunan sikke ve arkeolojik eserlerden oluşmaktadır.
Koleksiyonda yer alan Bizans İmparatorluğu dönemine ait bakır sikkeler içerisinde bir adet billon aspron trakhy dikkat çekmektedir. Selanik İmparatorluğu idarecilerinden Ioannes Komnenos Doukas’ın (1237–1242 imparator; 1242-1244 despotes) döneminde Thessaloniki darphanesinde basılan billon aspron trakhy döneminin nadir örneklerindendir. Batı Anadolu’da gerçekleştirilen kazı çalışmalarına ait bilimsel yayınlarında bu sikkenin benzer bir örneğine henüz rastlanmamıştır. Bu durum ise billon aspron trakhy’nin Thessaloniki ve çevresinde sirkülasyonda olması ile açıklanabilir. Dolayısıyla, koleksiyonda yer alan Batı Anadolu buluntusu billon aspron trakhy’nin bölgedeki varlığı oldukça ilginçtir. Batı Anadolu’ya 13. yüzyılda Balkanlarda ticaret yapan bir tüccar ya da bu bölgede bulunan bir askerin vasıtasıyla geldiği düşünülmektedir.
Çalışmamızda, 13. yüzyılın ilk yarısındaki siyasi ve ekonomik gelişmeler eşliğinde Tunay Demran Koleksiyonu’nda yer alan nadir sikke buluntusu billon aspron trakhy tanıtılacaktır. Billon aspron trakhy’nin tedavüle girmesini sağlayan idareci ve yönetim alanı hakkında bilgiler verilecek ve billon aspron trakhy’nin her iki yüzünde yer alan betimler ikonografik detaylarıyla incelenecektir. Koleksiyonda yer alan nadir sikke günümüze ulaşan örneklerinden farklı olarak yassı formdadır ve daha ağırdır. Çalışmamız kapsamında Tunay Demran Koleksiyonu’nda yer alan Batı Anadolu buluntusu nadir billon aspron trakhy döneminin diğer örnekleriyle birlikte değerlendirilecek ve 13. yüzyılda bir prototip olarak üretildiği önerisi sunulacaktır.

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A RARE COIN FROM TUNAY DEMRAN COLLECTION: BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY FROM THE PERIOD OF THE EMPEROR OF THESSALONIKI (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS

Year 2023, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 7 - 22, 29.03.2023

Abstract

Tunay Demran Collection includes 370 Hellenistic, Roman Imperial, Roman Provincial, Byzantine, Islamic, and Medieval European coins. The coins and archaeological artifacts in the Tunay Demran collection are the finds of the Western Anatolian region and consist of artifacts found in Manisa and its surroundings.
Among the coins of the Byzantine Empire period in the collection, a rare billon aspron trachy draws attention. The billon aspron trachy produced in the mint of Thessalonica during the reign of John Comnenus Ducas (1237-1242 emperor–1242-1244 despot), one of the rulers of the Empire of Thessalonica, is a rare example of the period. It is understood that a similar example has not yet been found in scientific publications about the excavations carried out in Western Anatolia. This can be explained by the fact that billon aspron trachy was in circulation in Thessalonica and its surroundings. Therefore, the presence of billon aspron trachy, the Western Anatolian find in the collection, is quite interesting. It is considered to have come to Western Anatolia through a merchant trading in the Balkans in the 13th century or a soldier in this region.
In our study, a rare billon aspron trachy find in the Tunay Demran Collection will be introduced in light of the political and economic developments in the first half of the 13th century. Information will be presented about the ruler and government area that enabled billon aspron trachy to be put into circulation. The depictions and iconographical details on both sides of the billon aspron trachy will be examined. The coin in the collection is flat and weighs much more, unlike the examples that have survived to the present day. The rare Western Anatolian finds in the collection will be evaluated together with other examples of the billon aspron trachy period. It will be proposed that a rare billon aspron trachy, which was researched and examined in our study, was minted as a prototype in the 13th century.

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  • Angold 1991 Angold, M.J., “Manuel Angelos”, The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ed. A. Kazdhan), Vol. 2, 1292.
  • Bendall 2002 Bendall, S., “Notes on the Coinage in the Name of John Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica (AD 1237-44), The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 162, 253-263.
  • Demirkent 1997 Demirkent, I., Niketas Khoniates’in Historia’sı (1195-1206), İstanbul.
  • Demirkent 2004 Demirkent, I., Haçlı Seferleri, İstanbul.
  • Dochev 1992 Dochev, K., Moneti i parichno obrushtenie v Turnovo XII-XIV v., Turnovo.
  • Hendy 1999 Hendy, M.F., Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Volume 4, Part 2, Washington D.C.
  • Hendy 2008 Hendy, M.F., Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c. 300-1450, Cambridge.
  • Herrin 2008 Herrin, J., Byzantium, the Surprising Life of A Medieval Empire, London.
  • Lianta 2009 Lianta, E., Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, London.
  • Metcalf 1965 Metcalf, D.M., Coinage in the Balkans 820-1355, Institute for Balkan Studies, No. 80, Thessaloniki.
  • Queller – Madden 1997 Queller, D.E. – Madden, T.F., The Fourth Crusade, The Conquest of Constantinople, Philadelphia.
  • Sabatier 1955 Sabatier, J., Description Générale des Monnaies Byzantines, Graz.
  • Sear 2006 Sear, D.R., Byzantine Coins and Their Values, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, London.
  • Treadgold 1997 Treadgold, W., A History of the Byzantine State and Society, California.
  • Ostrogorsky 1995 Ostrogorsky, G., Bizans Devleti Tarihi, (trans. F. Işıltan), Ankara.
  • Ünal 2020 Ünal, C., Bizans Sikkelerinde Kutsal Kişi Tasvirleri, Ankara.
  • Vasiliev 2016 Vasiliev, A.A., Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi, (trans. T. Alkaç), İstanbul.
  • Villehardouin Villehardouin, “Konstantinopolis’in Fethi”, IV. Haçlı Seferi Kronikleri, (trans. A. Berktay), İstanbul, 2008.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Archaeology
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Ceren Ünal

Kayahan Acar 0000-0001-6451-2193

Publication Date March 29, 2023
Submission Date December 14, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 1 Issue: 1

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APA Ünal, C., & Acar, K. (2023). TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY. PROPONTICA, 1(1), 7-22.
AMA Ünal C, Acar K. TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY. PROPONTICA. March 2023;1(1):7-22.
Chicago Ünal, Ceren, and Kayahan Acar. “TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY”. PROPONTICA 1, no. 1 (March 2023): 7-22.
EndNote Ünal C, Acar K (March 1, 2023) TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY. PROPONTICA 1 1 7–22.
IEEE C. Ünal and K. Acar, “TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY”, PROPONTICA, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 7–22, 2023.
ISNAD Ünal, Ceren - Acar, Kayahan. “TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY”. PROPONTICA 1/1 (March 2023), 7-22.
JAMA Ünal C, Acar K. TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY. PROPONTICA. 2023;1:7–22.
MLA Ünal, Ceren and Kayahan Acar. “TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY”. PROPONTICA, vol. 1, no. 1, 2023, pp. 7-22.
Vancouver Ünal C, Acar K. TUNAY DEMRAN KOLEKSİYONU’NDAN NADİR BİR SİKKE: SELANİK İMPARATORU (1237-1242) / DESPOT (1242-1244) IOANNES KOMNENOS DOUKAS DÖNEMİNE AİT BILLON ASPRON TRAKHY. PROPONTICA. 2023;1(1):7-22.

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