This article discusses two groups of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla generally attribut... more This article discusses two groups of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla generally attributed to Ptolemais in Phoenicia, one with mintmarks depicting the caps of the Dioscuri (pilei), the other a local cult image. Based on close examination of the style, iconography and inscriptions, the present article argues for attributing these coins to Tripolis and Orthosia in northern Phoenicia.
Football fans watching the delayed UEFA European Championship 2020 should raise their kantharos t... more Football fans watching the delayed UEFA European Championship 2020 should raise their kantharos to an ancient Greek artist who is the unsung hero behind the trophy that will be held aloft by the glorious winners.
This article examines the iconography of a type of Caracalla tetradrachm that has been newly attr... more This article examines the iconography of a type of Caracalla tetradrachm that has been newly attributed to Neapolis in Roman Palestine and whose reverse depicts a monumental altar decorated with statues of Tyche, Ephesian Artemis, and Kore Persephone. The study contextualizes these deities in the religious life of Neapolis and identifies the monument as an altar often depicted as a miniscule element in panoramic views of Mount Gerizim on the bronze coins of Neapolis. The tetradrachms provide, for the first time, a close-up view of this long-lost civic monument.
R. Raja (ed.), Contextualising the sacred in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East: Religious identities in local, regional and imperial settings. Turnhout, 2017
This article discusses two groups of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla generally attribut... more This article discusses two groups of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla generally attributed to Ptolemais in Phoenicia, one with mintmarks depicting the caps of the Dioscuri (pilei), the other a local cult image. Based on close examination of the style, iconography and inscriptions, the present article argues for attributing these coins to Tripolis and Orthosia in northern Phoenicia.
Football fans watching the delayed UEFA European Championship 2020 should raise their kantharos t... more Football fans watching the delayed UEFA European Championship 2020 should raise their kantharos to an ancient Greek artist who is the unsung hero behind the trophy that will be held aloft by the glorious winners.
This article examines the iconography of a type of Caracalla tetradrachm that has been newly attr... more This article examines the iconography of a type of Caracalla tetradrachm that has been newly attributed to Neapolis in Roman Palestine and whose reverse depicts a monumental altar decorated with statues of Tyche, Ephesian Artemis, and Kore Persephone. The study contextualizes these deities in the religious life of Neapolis and identifies the monument as an altar often depicted as a miniscule element in panoramic views of Mount Gerizim on the bronze coins of Neapolis. The tetradrachms provide, for the first time, a close-up view of this long-lost civic monument.
R. Raja (ed.), Contextualising the sacred in the Hellenistic and Roman Near East: Religious identities in local, regional and imperial settings. Turnhout, 2017
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