- Tytuł:
- Cult Image or Decor? Options for the Interpretation of Deities on Provincial Coinage from Asia Minor in an Overview of Research History
- Autorzy:
- Filges, Axel
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/52157808.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2023
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Tematy:
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coins
cities
Asia Minor
imperial period
figures of gods
cults
interpretations
cult image
statue
temple - Opis:
- The interpretation of figures of deities on the reverse of the coins of Asia Minor cities of the imperial period is usually done in several steps. The deity is generally quickly determined. It is difficult, however, to establish the superior intention behind the depiction. Does the figure refer to a real cult statue of the emitting city, is the image ‘only’ a reference to a local cult or was it chosen to symbolise, for instance, political connections of cities? The essay brings together opinions from 140 years of international numismatic scholarship and thus offers an overview of the changing patterns of interpretation as well as their range in general. In the end, a more conscious approach to the figures of the gods on coins and a more reflective methodological approach are recommended.
- Źródło:
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Electrum; 2023, 30; 235-272
1897-3426
2084-3909 - Pojawia się w:
- Electrum
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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