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DOI article:Dąbrowa, Edward: C. Augé, F. Duyrat (eds), Les monnayes syriens. Quel rapport pour l'histoire du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain? Actes de la table ronde de Damas 10 - 12 novembre 1999. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique - Vol. 162), Institut Français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient Beyrouth 2002, pp. 216 + 39 (in Arabic), ISBN 2-912738-17-2: [Rezension]
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RECENZJE / REYIEWS
C. AUGE, F. DUYRAT (eds.),
Les monnayages syriens. Quel apport pour l’histoire du Proche-Orient hellenistiąue
et romain? Actes de la table ronde de Damas, 10-12 novembre 1999 (Bibliotheąue
archeologiąue et historiąue - vol. 162), Institut Franęaise d’Archeologie du Proche Orient,
Beyrouth 2002, pp. 216 + 39 (in Arabie); ISBN 2-912738-17-2
After a break caused by the death in 1973 of Henri Seyrig, one of the most dis-
tinguished experts on Syrian antiąuities of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the
list of books and studies on Syrian numismatics has for some years been steadily
enriched by new items. Nevertheless, the current State of research in this field is
still far from satisfactory, especially with respect to the Roman period. By contrast,
knowledge of Hellenistic coinage, especially that of the Seleucids, appears much
morę advanced, thanks mainly to the important contributions of A. Houghton and
G. Le Rider. An important factor stimulating the development of research on the
coinage of ancient Syria are numismatic congresses. At the last several congresses,
at łeast a dozen papers were devoted to the numismatics of ancient Syria. Compared
with these congresses, an intemational conference of numismatists held by the De-
partment of Antiąuities of Syria and Institut Franęaise d’Archeologie du Proche
Orient in Damascus in 1999 constitutes a new departure. It was the first “round
table” meeting focused exclusively on Syria’s numismatics of different historical
periods: Hellenistic, Roman, and Umayyad.
Published recently, the proceedings of that meeting are divided into three parts
corresponding to respective historical periods. Part one is devoted to Hellenistic
coinage and consists of five articles. A. Houghton (“The Production of Money by
Mints of the Seleucid Core”, pp. 5-19) attempts to estimate the volume of monetary
production and its share in the entire Syrian coinage of one Syrian region in which
some major Seleucid mints were in operation: Seleucia-on-the-Calycadnos, Soli/
Mallos, Tarsus, Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Laodicea, Nisibis, Arados, and an uniden-
tified mint located in Syria or northem Mesopotamia.
F. Duryat (« Les ateliers monetaires de Phenicie du Nord a Pepoąue hellenis-
tiąue », pp. 21-69) catalogues coins from some minor mints active from the third
to the first century BC in northem Phoenicia: Marathos, Came, Gabala, Simyra,
and Balane (morę than 500 coins in all). An analysis of religious depictions seen on
those coins enabled her to demonstrate the cities’ links with southem Phoenician
centers, while an examination of signs placed on coins helped establish that they all
used the Phoenician alphabet.
F. de Callatay (« La production des tetradrachmes civiques de la Cilicie jusąu’
a la Palestine a la fin du IIe siecle et dans la premiere moitie du Ier siecle av. J.-C. »,
pp. 71-91) presents his observations on tetradrachm issues from between the late
second and mid-first century BC from nine mints (at the same time other mints
C. AUGE, F. DUYRAT (eds.),
Les monnayages syriens. Quel apport pour l’histoire du Proche-Orient hellenistiąue
et romain? Actes de la table ronde de Damas, 10-12 novembre 1999 (Bibliotheąue
archeologiąue et historiąue - vol. 162), Institut Franęaise d’Archeologie du Proche Orient,
Beyrouth 2002, pp. 216 + 39 (in Arabie); ISBN 2-912738-17-2
After a break caused by the death in 1973 of Henri Seyrig, one of the most dis-
tinguished experts on Syrian antiąuities of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the
list of books and studies on Syrian numismatics has for some years been steadily
enriched by new items. Nevertheless, the current State of research in this field is
still far from satisfactory, especially with respect to the Roman period. By contrast,
knowledge of Hellenistic coinage, especially that of the Seleucids, appears much
morę advanced, thanks mainly to the important contributions of A. Houghton and
G. Le Rider. An important factor stimulating the development of research on the
coinage of ancient Syria are numismatic congresses. At the last several congresses,
at łeast a dozen papers were devoted to the numismatics of ancient Syria. Compared
with these congresses, an intemational conference of numismatists held by the De-
partment of Antiąuities of Syria and Institut Franęaise d’Archeologie du Proche
Orient in Damascus in 1999 constitutes a new departure. It was the first “round
table” meeting focused exclusively on Syria’s numismatics of different historical
periods: Hellenistic, Roman, and Umayyad.
Published recently, the proceedings of that meeting are divided into three parts
corresponding to respective historical periods. Part one is devoted to Hellenistic
coinage and consists of five articles. A. Houghton (“The Production of Money by
Mints of the Seleucid Core”, pp. 5-19) attempts to estimate the volume of monetary
production and its share in the entire Syrian coinage of one Syrian region in which
some major Seleucid mints were in operation: Seleucia-on-the-Calycadnos, Soli/
Mallos, Tarsus, Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Laodicea, Nisibis, Arados, and an uniden-
tified mint located in Syria or northem Mesopotamia.
F. Duryat (« Les ateliers monetaires de Phenicie du Nord a Pepoąue hellenis-
tiąue », pp. 21-69) catalogues coins from some minor mints active from the third
to the first century BC in northem Phoenicia: Marathos, Came, Gabala, Simyra,
and Balane (morę than 500 coins in all). An analysis of religious depictions seen on
those coins enabled her to demonstrate the cities’ links with southem Phoenician
centers, while an examination of signs placed on coins helped establish that they all
used the Phoenician alphabet.
F. de Callatay (« La production des tetradrachmes civiques de la Cilicie jusąu’
a la Palestine a la fin du IIe siecle et dans la premiere moitie du Ier siecle av. J.-C. »,
pp. 71-91) presents his observations on tetradrachm issues from between the late
second and mid-first century BC from nine mints (at the same time other mints