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DOI Artikel:Faucher, Thomas: Coin minting techniques in Ptolemaic Egypt: observe, analyze, recreate
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43282#0071
Tom XII
Kraków 2017
lii
THOMAS FAUCHER
IRAMAT - CEB (CNRS / Univ. Orleans)
Coin Minting Techniques in Ptolemaic Egypt:
Observe, Analyze, Recreate
ABSTRACT: After Ptolemy Soter took possession of Egypt, he soon installed
a closed currency system, at that scalę, a novelty in ancient coinage. With regard
to the three metals Struck in the mint of Alexandria - the only mint in the entire
country for almost 300 years - innovations in the manner of minting occurred when
the kings were faced with specific needs. Millions of coins were struck. These coins
appeared in a succession of series, sometimes struck continuously but not always.
The different metals that were used filled different demands and needs. The Greek
rulers adapted themselves to the country and to the economic and politic Situation,
always showing a great sense of resilience with regard to the problems they faced.
We can understand these issues in a new manner and refresh our view of this
peculiar coinage by way of recent research on these coins’ metallic content but also
by way of archaeological experiments conducted on the minting process itself. How
can the minting methods help us to understand the distinction between each series,
and how can they help us to understand how the workers at the mints struggled with
new challenges brought by the head of the mint? How can Egypt help us understand
from a broader perspective the minting of coins in the Greek world?
KEY WORDS: Egypt, Ptolemies, metallurgy, bronze coinage, experimental
archaeology
ABSTRAKT: Techniki bicia monet w ptolemejskim Egipcie. Obserwacja,
analiza, nowe spojrzenie
Wkrótce po objęciu w posiadanie Egiptu Ptolemeusz I Soter wprowadził zam-
knięty system monetarny, co w takiej skali stanowiło novum w historii pieniądza
starożytnego. Na skutek szczególnych wyzwań, z jakimi musieli się zmierzyć pto-
lemej scy władcy, w Aleksandrii - jedynej mennicy działającej w kraju przez prawie
300 lat - wprowadzano innowacje w zakresie sposobu produkcji monet bitych
li
Kraków 2017
lii
THOMAS FAUCHER
IRAMAT - CEB (CNRS / Univ. Orleans)
Coin Minting Techniques in Ptolemaic Egypt:
Observe, Analyze, Recreate
ABSTRACT: After Ptolemy Soter took possession of Egypt, he soon installed
a closed currency system, at that scalę, a novelty in ancient coinage. With regard
to the three metals Struck in the mint of Alexandria - the only mint in the entire
country for almost 300 years - innovations in the manner of minting occurred when
the kings were faced with specific needs. Millions of coins were struck. These coins
appeared in a succession of series, sometimes struck continuously but not always.
The different metals that were used filled different demands and needs. The Greek
rulers adapted themselves to the country and to the economic and politic Situation,
always showing a great sense of resilience with regard to the problems they faced.
We can understand these issues in a new manner and refresh our view of this
peculiar coinage by way of recent research on these coins’ metallic content but also
by way of archaeological experiments conducted on the minting process itself. How
can the minting methods help us to understand the distinction between each series,
and how can they help us to understand how the workers at the mints struggled with
new challenges brought by the head of the mint? How can Egypt help us understand
from a broader perspective the minting of coins in the Greek world?
KEY WORDS: Egypt, Ptolemies, metallurgy, bronze coinage, experimental
archaeology
ABSTRAKT: Techniki bicia monet w ptolemejskim Egipcie. Obserwacja,
analiza, nowe spojrzenie
Wkrótce po objęciu w posiadanie Egiptu Ptolemeusz I Soter wprowadził zam-
knięty system monetarny, co w takiej skali stanowiło novum w historii pieniądza
starożytnego. Na skutek szczególnych wyzwań, z jakimi musieli się zmierzyć pto-
lemej scy władcy, w Aleksandrii - jedynej mennicy działającej w kraju przez prawie
300 lat - wprowadzano innowacje w zakresie sposobu produkcji monet bitych
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