Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values

Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values

نویسنده: David R. Sear
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زبان کتاب: انگلیسی
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اندازه کتاب: رقعی گالینگور روکشدار - سال انتشار: 1982 - دوره چاپ: 1

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The Local Coinages of the Roman Empire

Some of you who visited our overview of Greek bronze coins may recall this Julia Domna which was used as the example an often overlooked area of ancient coin collecting that is especially well suited to students. Greek Imperials (also called Roman Colonials or Roman Provincials) are the coins of Greek cities issued for local use during the time that the city was part of the Roman Empire. The complete study and understanding of these issues has only just begun. There still are many fields available for original research.

A few of the larger cities had the right to issue silver coins but the vast majority of Greek Imperials are bronze. While many are boring and miserable in every sense, some rise to a level of artistry and interest rarely approached on the regular Roman issues. Each city produced coins according to local needs and abilities. Most, but not quite all, show the portrait of a member of the Imperial house on the obverse and some scene of local interest on the reverse.

A few larger cities struck almost continually until the coinage reform of Diocletian put an end to the last Greek Imperial coins and replaced them with a unified Roman coinage. Other cities produced a very few coins on a single occasion when the place grew to a position of enough importance that it seemed appropriate. Some were produced by the millions and are common today; others were made in small quantities and survive as single, unique specimens.

No one can hope to have a complete collection. Even collecting a representative coin from each city would be a hopeless task considering the number of rarities and the constant possibility of a previously unknown city coming to light in new hoard material. This is certainly an area where great rarities might be found in junk boxes.