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Pharnabazus Once Again
cian dynasts* 20. In the context of our discussion, the Pharnabazus' coins
struck in Cyzicus, which belong to the first of the mentioned groups, are
the example particularly interesting to us. The „head in tiara" also appe-
ars quite often in the case of Samarian emissions21. Coins with the name
Pharnabazus belong probably to the oldest ones struck in the territory
of Samaria and using the type discussed here. Most representations of
the „head in tiara" are interpreted as portraiture22. It seems that in the ca-
se of the coins with the name Pharnabazus, we are also dealing with
a portrait. According to Y. Meshorer and Sh. Qedar most probably it is
a portrait representation of the satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia23.
b. Reverse
Some kind of commentary should be given about the representation
from the reverse of the discussed coins - a winged hippocampus with
a fish-tail. According to Meshorer and Qedar, that motif is also known
from coins belonging to the other Samarian emission with the inscription
BDYHBL and one may discern its prototype in some Cilician coins24. This
analogy is not quite precise, however. Both the above mentioned coin with
There the further literaturę. It is not my intention to start here polemics with L. Mildenberg's view,
who ąuestioned the existence of „satrapal coinage" cf. MILDENBERG, "Uber das Munzwesen ..." p.
55ff; IDEM, "On the So-called ..." p. 9ff; but see for example DEBORD, L'Asie Mineure...p. 50ff.
20 About Lycian representations of a head in tiara cf. SCHWABACHER, Lycian Coin Portraits, pp.
111-124; J. ZAHLE, "Lycian Coin Portraits. Forerunners of the Hellenistic Portraits of the Rulers on
Coins", (in:) Akten des XIII. Internationalen Kongresses fur klassische Archdologie, Berlin 1988, pp. 586-596;
IDEM, "Herrscherportrats ..." p. 51-56; J. BODZEK, "Uwagi na temat portretu monetarnego w Licji
końca V i I połowy IV w. p.n.e.", in:). ŚLIWA (ed.), Munus Amicitiae. Studia archeologiczne poświęcone
pamięci Olgi Hirsch-Dyczek, Kraków 1994, pp. 111-134; J. BORCHHARDT, "Die Bedeutung der lyki-
schen Kónigshófe fur die Entstehung des Portraits", in: H.v. STEUBEN (ed.), Antike Portrćits. Zum
Geddchtnis von Helga von Heintze, Móhnesse 1999, particulary p. 59ff. There further literaturę.
21 Cf. commentary of MESHORER and QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 38ff.
22 Cf. W. SCHWABACHER, „Satrapenbildnisse", in: Charites. Festschrift E. Langlotz, 1957, p. 27-32;
CAHN, "La monnayage...", passim; WEISER, "Die Eulen...",passim; Here I will not enter into discus-
sion whether „a head in tiara,, is always a portrait of a satrap, whether on coins struck by local dynasts
it presents themselves; on that subject cf. H.A. CAHN, "Dynast oder Satrap?", Schweizer Miinzbldtter
1975, p. 84ff; J. ZAHLE, „Persian Satraps and Lycian Dynasts. The Evidence of Diadems", in: Acfes
du 9e Congres Internationale Numismatique, Bern 1979, p. lOlff; BODZEK, "Uwagi..."p. 131ff; BORCH-
HARDT, "Die Bedeutung..."particularly p. 63ff; critically about the idea of portrait on the mentioned
coins HARRISON, Coins...esp. p. 219ff, 250ff
23 MESHORER, QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 28f; 39.
24 MESHORER, QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 58; coin with inscription BDYHBL no 17, PI. 3.
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cian dynasts* 20. In the context of our discussion, the Pharnabazus' coins
struck in Cyzicus, which belong to the first of the mentioned groups, are
the example particularly interesting to us. The „head in tiara" also appe-
ars quite often in the case of Samarian emissions21. Coins with the name
Pharnabazus belong probably to the oldest ones struck in the territory
of Samaria and using the type discussed here. Most representations of
the „head in tiara" are interpreted as portraiture22. It seems that in the ca-
se of the coins with the name Pharnabazus, we are also dealing with
a portrait. According to Y. Meshorer and Sh. Qedar most probably it is
a portrait representation of the satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia23.
b. Reverse
Some kind of commentary should be given about the representation
from the reverse of the discussed coins - a winged hippocampus with
a fish-tail. According to Meshorer and Qedar, that motif is also known
from coins belonging to the other Samarian emission with the inscription
BDYHBL and one may discern its prototype in some Cilician coins24. This
analogy is not quite precise, however. Both the above mentioned coin with
There the further literaturę. It is not my intention to start here polemics with L. Mildenberg's view,
who ąuestioned the existence of „satrapal coinage" cf. MILDENBERG, "Uber das Munzwesen ..." p.
55ff; IDEM, "On the So-called ..." p. 9ff; but see for example DEBORD, L'Asie Mineure...p. 50ff.
20 About Lycian representations of a head in tiara cf. SCHWABACHER, Lycian Coin Portraits, pp.
111-124; J. ZAHLE, "Lycian Coin Portraits. Forerunners of the Hellenistic Portraits of the Rulers on
Coins", (in:) Akten des XIII. Internationalen Kongresses fur klassische Archdologie, Berlin 1988, pp. 586-596;
IDEM, "Herrscherportrats ..." p. 51-56; J. BODZEK, "Uwagi na temat portretu monetarnego w Licji
końca V i I połowy IV w. p.n.e.", in:). ŚLIWA (ed.), Munus Amicitiae. Studia archeologiczne poświęcone
pamięci Olgi Hirsch-Dyczek, Kraków 1994, pp. 111-134; J. BORCHHARDT, "Die Bedeutung der lyki-
schen Kónigshófe fur die Entstehung des Portraits", in: H.v. STEUBEN (ed.), Antike Portrćits. Zum
Geddchtnis von Helga von Heintze, Móhnesse 1999, particulary p. 59ff. There further literaturę.
21 Cf. commentary of MESHORER and QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 38ff.
22 Cf. W. SCHWABACHER, „Satrapenbildnisse", in: Charites. Festschrift E. Langlotz, 1957, p. 27-32;
CAHN, "La monnayage...", passim; WEISER, "Die Eulen...",passim; Here I will not enter into discus-
sion whether „a head in tiara,, is always a portrait of a satrap, whether on coins struck by local dynasts
it presents themselves; on that subject cf. H.A. CAHN, "Dynast oder Satrap?", Schweizer Miinzbldtter
1975, p. 84ff; J. ZAHLE, „Persian Satraps and Lycian Dynasts. The Evidence of Diadems", in: Acfes
du 9e Congres Internationale Numismatique, Bern 1979, p. lOlff; BODZEK, "Uwagi..."p. 131ff; BORCH-
HARDT, "Die Bedeutung..."particularly p. 63ff; critically about the idea of portrait on the mentioned
coins HARRISON, Coins...esp. p. 219ff, 250ff
23 MESHORER, QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 28f; 39.
24 MESHORER, QEDAR, Samarian Coinage, p. 58; coin with inscription BDYHBL no 17, PI. 3.
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