LAMPSAKOS’UN GEÇ HELLENİSTİK DÖNEM SİKKELERİNE İLİŞKİN YENİ KANITLAR

Year 2023, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 249 - 261, 25.09.2023

Aneurin Ellis-evans

Abstract

Bu makalede Lampsakos’un Geç Hellenistik sikkelerinin (Sikke A-E) yakın zamanda müzayedelerde ortaya çıkan ve bu nadir seriyi anlamamıza önemli katkılarda bulunan beş yeni örneği ele alınmaktadır. Sikke A, Theodoros oğlu Ephesios tarafından imzalanmış erken bir seriye ait gibi görünmektedir. B ve C sikkeleri iki yeni arka kalıbı ortaya koymaktadır ve bu serinin tarihi için en önemli kanıt niteliğinde olan, ticarette dağılmış ve az bilinen bir define olan IGCH 1322’nin (Batı Küçük Asya, 1964/5) diğer örnekleridir. B ve C sikkeleri 1950/1960’larda bir araya getirilmiş özel bir koleksiyondan gelmektedir ve IGCH 1322’de temsil edilen diğer darphanelere ışık tutabilir. Lampsakos, Abydos ve Tenedos sikkelerinden oluşan ve muhtemelen bu defineden gelen bir liste verilmiştir. Son olarak, D ve E sikkeleri Priapos’un arka yüzde tam figür, Apollon Citharoedus’un ise ön yüzde portre olarak betimlendiği seride yeni bir tipi temsil etmektedir. Priapos’un belirgin bir fallus olmadan tasviri, “soylu” Priapos tipinin erken bir örneğidir ve Lampsakos’un o dönemde tanrılarını nasıl temsil etmek istediğini yansıtır. Augustus döneminden itibaren kentin eyalet sikkelerinde bulunan çok sayıdaki Priapos tasvirinden de gördüğümüz gibi, bu kısa ömürlü bir deneme olmuştur. Sikke E bu serideki ilk drahmi örneğidir ve aynı zamanda çift darplıdır. Hem çift darplı olması hem de tetradrahmiden farklı değerlerin kullanılması, MÖ 1. yüzyılın başlarında Troas gümüş sikkelerinin karakteristik özellikleridir.

Keywords

Lampsakos, Priapos, Apollon, Define, Troas.

New Evidence for the Late Hellenistic Coinage of Lampsakos

Abstract

This article discusses five new examples of the late Hellenistic coinage of Lampsakos (Coins A-E) which recently appeared in public auctions and make significant contributions to our understanding of this rare series. Coin A appears to be an early issue in the series which belongs with the early issue signed by Ephesios son of Theodoros. Coins B and C attest two new reverse dies and are further examples from IGCH 1322 (western Asia Minor, 1964/5), a poorly known hoard dispersed in commerce which is the key evidence for the date of this series. Coins B and C derive from a private collection assembled in the 1950s/1960s which may shed light on the other mints represented in IGCH 1322. A list of coins of Lampsakos, Abydos, and Tenedos which likely derive from the hoard is provided. Finally, Coins D and E represent a new type for the series in which Priapos is depicted full figure on the reverse and Apollo Citharoedus as the obverse portrait rather than vice versa. The depiction of Priapos without a prominently displayed phallus is an early example of the so-called ‘noble’ Priapos type and reflects how Lampsakos wanted to represent their god at this time. This was a short-lived experiment, as we see from the many depictions of Priapos on the city’s provincial coinage beginning in the reign of Augustus. Coin E is the first example of a drachm in this series and is also overstruck. Both overstriking and employing denominations other than tetradrachms are characteristic features of the Troad’s silver coinage in the early 1st century BC.

Keywords

Lampsakos, Priapos, Apollo, hoard, Troad.

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