Original scientific paper

Rethinking the coinage of Issa, a Greek island polity

Paolo Visonà orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-0316 ; University of Kentucky, USA, Lexington 40506-0090

Abstract

Although archaeologists and numismatists have
used J. Brunšmid’s 1898 study of the coinage of Issa
for over a century, his chrono-typological classification
must be updated in light of the archaeological
evidence and of a much broader numismatic database.
After reviewing recent finds of Issaean coins in
the Adriatic region and their pattern of distribution,
the author discusses the value of overstrikings and
archaeological contexts for a better understanding of
the metrology, iconography, and chronology of some
of Issa’s most distinctive issues.

Keywords

Apulian bronze coinages; Ballaios; J. Brunšmid; coin finds; Dyrrhachium; funerary coins; gold jewelry; Hieron II; Issa; J. Jeličić-Radonić; Liburnians; Martvilo; Metapontum; overstrikings; Palagruža; Pharos; Remetin vrt; Siculo-Punic tetradrachm; Syracuse; Taras; Vlaška njiva

Hrčak ID:

193073

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/193073

Publication date:

29.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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