Butcher, Kevin and Ponting, Matthew (2009) The silver coinage of Roman Syria under the Julio-Claudian emperors. Levant, Vol.41 (No.1). pp. 59-78. doi:10.1179/175638009X427594

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Abstract

Analyses of 71 Roman provincial silver coins of the Julio-Claudian emperors (27 BC–AD 68) minted at Caesarea in Cappadocia and Antioch and Tyre in Syria are discussed in this paper. The finenesses of the alloys are presented and it is proposed that there was a logical relationship between the standards used for Caesarea and Antioch. Trace element profiles and selected lead isotope analyses help to characterize the products of the different mints, and also demonstrate that one particular issue of coinage, normally attributed to a mint in Syria, was probably produced at Caesarea in Cappadocia. During this period minting of silver at Tyre was discontinued and trace elements suggest that some of the later Antiochene coinage may have been produced from recycled Tyrian silver.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CJ Numismatics D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Coins, Roman -- Syria, Silver coins -- Syria -- History, Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D., Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D., Syria -- Antiquities
Journal or Publication Title:	Levant
Publisher:	Maney Publishing
ISSN:	00758914
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.41
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 59-78
DOI:	10.1179/175638009X427594
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published

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