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UMISMATICSOCI T
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1991-92
mismaticSociety
T L E T T R AD R A C H MS
A R D S
cedoniacontainedNewStyletetra-
ecompositionofthesehoardshasa
filehasimplicationsaboutthecirculationof
acedonia.1
bservedthatinmanycasesAtheniancoins
nMacedonia.2Inhisinventory thereare
nlyofAtheniancoinsandsi whichcontain
atingthehoardsonthe lowerchronology he
erousAthenianissuestheycontainfitintothe
out92B . C . ac c ordingtoMerkholm. 4D uring
dtodefenditselfagainstseveralincursions
k thelateMissM. ThompsonandMr. G. eR iderandMr.
mmentsonadraft ofthispaper. .deCallatayiscurator
russelscabinet.
heAdamZ agliveriou/1983Hoard intheMuseumofThessa-
wStyle ) Tetradrac hmsinMacedonia Nof iiafianHa. X gov i a8
e re a ft e r T o u r at s og l ou .
nn. 1and2.
1961 MargaretThompsonpublishedhermonumental
lverCoinageofAthens A NSNS10 New ork 1961 . The
arly theendof these uence of thisstandardreferenc ehasbeen
oplewhoproposedadowndatingofc a. 32years. orthis see
eChronologyof theNewSty leCoinageofAthens A NSMN29
.
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t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
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ndthenfromThraciantribes.This troubled
thearrivalofMithridatictroops atthe
tswellaccordingtoTouratsoglouwiththeimpor-
sofAtheniancoins particularlywhenwetake
li ationofMacedoniaandthedisruptionof
forwardandcoherent.B uta uestion
mingoftheentryof Atheniancoinageinto
alofthismoneycoincidewiththe invasions 6
single massivesupplyatac ertainmoment
ssionsdocumentedinMacedonianhoards
uestion. A samatterof fact wenotic estrong
esbetweentherepresentationoftheemissions
whatweknowabouttherhythmof Athenian
esthecontentofMacedonianhoards
age. orconvenience Itakeupdates given
1961 Morkholm sdates seen. 4 lowerthese
.7Thesecondcolumnisdevotedtothe names
esandthe thirdtothevarietieslisted by
slightlyadaptsanideae pressedbyO ttoMerkholmwho
edproductionofsilvercoinin Athensabout145/4was
changesimposedbyR omewhichresultedintheinter-
tsilverc oinages seeO . Merkholm above n. 4 , p. 42.
wrote: Thee aminationof thehoardsincombinationwith
ricalsourcesseemstofavourthechronologicalclassifi-
esassuggestedby Merkholmandto ustifytheviewthat
earingsilver intoMacedoniaoccurredduringperiodsof
abroad: thec lashesof theR omanlegionsin135B . C . 119
d106B . C . w iththeScordisc iGaulsareref lec tedinthehoardsof
eria/1962 ilkis/1961 Macedonia ) /1958 Serres/1913and
hesituationcausedbytheraids oftheThraciansandthe
hridatesare shownbythehoardsof ella/1984
1928 Z arova Thessalonik i/1898 eventsof theyears92B . C .
7 7/ 6 B . C. .
olmdowndating these uenceofsomeemissionsneeds
doneitseemspreferablenotto givetheillusionofperfect
Thompsondatesstandeventhroughtheyareoverthree
someinternalrearrangement.
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nMacedonianH oards13
reachemission thenumberofobversediesin the
lowedby thenumberofspecimens.Then after
rameters thenumberofAthenianspecimens
thoardsislisted. iveof themareproperly
T h es s al o ni c a c a 19 2 9 , C H 4 6 6 C h al c id i ce
3 3 s o ut h we s te r n Ma ce d on i a 1 9 81 , 9 A da m Z a g l iv er i ou
5 2 4 Z a r o v a 1 8 98 . T h e si t h h oa r d is t h e no r th e rn -
some70km. southofSof ia IGCH 976 B elic a
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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bv. Spec . IGCH CH 4 CH 7 A damIGCH IGCH
N Z I
A A AIA Z
Mno
- A I O N Z O A Q
O Z - M IA T IA -
A rA Z
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/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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nMacedonianH oards
478 Thessalonica isdifferentfromallthe
drachmswhicharealldated between170/69
ompson thatisto saybetween± 138/7and
ronology.Thee cellentstateofpreservation
ber ofdielinksstronglyarguefor aburial
verysoonafterthearrivalof thesetetra-
depositedsome20 to50yearslater
.C.11Thesefivehoardsarecomposed
missionsarestrangelyoverrepresentedineach
w it h t he n a me s o f n l l E N H - I Q I A NA O I
T H I MI IQ N- Y P Y K A I and A AIX - P T O K A . In
thesefouremissionsconstitutemorethanhalfof
ented missions
hlywiththereal significanceofthesefour
adrachmproduction.12 x aminingthefourth
Thec oinsrec ordedaboveareallwellpreserved thoseof the
hatmorewornthanthoseof thelast manyofwhichare
down-dateThompsonby32yearstheterminuspost uernforeac h
idice CH 4 66 109/8 southwesternMac edonia CH 7
a g l iv er i ou 9 6 /5 Z a r o v a I G CH 5 2 4 9 5 /4 a n d B e l ic a I G CH 9 7 6
hernGreecearenot detailedherebecausetheyareeither
.Nonetheless wheninformationisavailable theresults
non. Stro no1961 IGCH 924 hadfourA thenianspec imens
J J A NA O Z a nd o ne M I I Q N - Y P Y K A I s e e . S ch oe ne rt -G ei ss
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t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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numberofobversediesreportedbyThompson
ithanaverageof16 obversedieseachyear
18 , thesefouremissionsarec ertainlywellrepre-
heyarenotdifferentfromthe neighboring
reofa similarvolume evenlargerfromtime
oorlydocumentedinMacedonianhoards whilethe
atriflingplacein hoardsfromCrete D elos
dThessaly. Thedetailedacc ount basedon
isinTable3.
entedSpecimensinOther H oards
centage
3321631. 6
3310130. 0
520270. 0
2 24 9 0 .8
9 0 3 1 9 15 . 8
kD ieMun pragungvonMaroneia B erlin 1987 , pp. 105-6
G CH 9 1 7 h a d on e At h en i an s p ec i me n w it h M I I Q N - Y P Y K A I s e e
nd .Schoenert-Geiss p.96 evka1974 CH 1 92= CH 6 49
me n m r N H - Z Q Z A N A O Z , s e e . S ch o en e rt - Ge i ss p . 1 01 .
efouremissionsattestedfortheSimitliihoardis onc eagain
N A O Z , s e e Th o mp s on p . 5 22 . i n al l y t h e on l y At h en i an t e tr a dr a ch m
A MQ N-A A E THZ , seeB . Mitrea Untetradrac hmeathenien
ertenD ac ie ssaysThompson Wetteren 1979 ,
hsarticlewasstillinpresswhenDr. I. ropopovsentmeone
AH oardofAthensandThasosTetradrachmsD iscovered
Newsof theHistoricalMuseumof j ustendil 1989 , pp. 249-
ummariesin renchand nglish . O f the18A theniantetra-
1r N H - Z Q 2 A NA O Z , 5 h a ve n O A M Q N -A A E T H Z , 4 h av e MI I Q N -
nd 1 ha s A A IX - P r O K A . T hu s i n th is c as e a ll t he s pe ci me ns b el on g to
emissions.
missionsaredocumentedbyahighnumberof specimens.It
issituationresults inlargepartfromMacedonianhoards.
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t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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nMacedonianH oards
9
completelyabsentfrommanyhoards
fouremissionsconstitutelessthan16 percentin
han 2percent.Thus itseemsevidentthatwe
eMacedoniancirculationphenomenon.
thatitisnow possible Ithink to
venanceof IGCH 296= CH 7 130 Toronto
dataprov idedbyThompson thethree
tedinthishoardareTTO A MQ N-A A E THI 6
- Y P Y K A I 9 sp ec im en s a nd A A IX - P T O K A , 7
NH- IQ IA NA O X emissionisapparentlyabsent
ssrepresent45.8percentof thetotal 22coins
26 coinsbelongto14differentemissions
me50years.Thisunbalanceddistribution
entforputtingthishoard—or atleast this
thernGreece inMacedoniaorThrace.15
andIGC 296mentionatotalof48A theniantetradrac hms.
spec imenisaddedtothetotalandonevariety Th. 804a is
C r e a
t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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emissionshavetwointerestingcharac-
renotthemostrecentemissionsin Macedonian
yarenearlyse uential. Indeedthreeoutof four
l f rom158/7to156/5 . Thefourthone 153/2
mfollowingagapof twoyears—155/4and
t e A A I X - P T O K A e m is s io n o f ye a r 15 3 /2
three Nodielinkageevidencecontradicts
rdothestudyof stylenorthestudyof hoards
ntpointisto seethatthemainimport of
appenedverymassivelyinashortspaceof
ears . A sThompsonwroteverysubtly inher
ovahoard Itistruethatonewoulde pec ta
efromlateissuesinacurrencyhoardbut it
weareconcernedherenotwith theAthens
strict.The appearanceofsomanytetra-
.maysimplyreflectlarge-scalemovementof
duringthose yearsandtheircontinueduse
rstrikingsmayhavetravelledtoMacedoniain
eniancurrencyintoMacedoniacanbe
153/2accordingtothe highchronology that
126/5toabout± 121/0accordingtothemore
speriodfromabout126/5to121/0 attracts
wentyyearse istsbetweentheprovincial-
ndthec losingof themintswhic hisgenerally
ndthefloodofAtheniantetradrachmswhich
cienciesoflocalproduction.R ecalling
ntsonthesetwoevents therearetwopossibil-
theMacedonianmints enoughcoinagewas
thene t20years. 2. Thegreatreorgani ation
ytheR omansdidnottakeplacein ± 146but
positionsisdifficult.H owever itis
tthesecondsuggestion— whichmaybemore
missionsdatedbyM.Thompsontointerveningyears155/4
versedies.
n. 1 alsopp. 539-40.
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t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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nMacedonianH oards19
ot conflictwithanyotherevidenceparticu-
acceptacertaindistancebetweenpolitical
hout takingapositioninfavorof oneidea
wouldliketo submitthetwofollowing
tityofmoneyarrivedinMacedoniaaround
ntakensome20 yearsearlier wewould
amplesof theinteveningissuesofAthenian
everythingseemstoindicatethatthispheno-
veone withincreasingimportationofcoins
massiveandverysuddenone.182.Several
thebeginningofthelargetetradrachm
Maroneawiththeprovinciali ingof
itmaybe ac c ordingtorec entresearch that
snotinitiatedbeforethelast uarterofthe
ase—but prudenceisclearlyre uired—it
emonetarychangesaffectingMacedoniainthe
ntury suspensionofmonetaryactivityin
theniancurrency andthebeginningofintensive
Maronea happenedabout125B . C . thatisto
mostcommonlybelieveddates.Thislast
nvestigationandreview.
achednorthernGreeceinaseeminglyvery
forsomethirtyyearstoprovidethe bulkof
changes.TheirlongevityinMacedoniais
eralabsenceinhoardsdepositedsouthof
mentali ationdoesnotsupportanoftenmade
ofAtheniantetradrachmsforlargeinterna-
adeormerc enarypay . O n thec ontrary thisobser-
mmobili edcirculation supplyingtheneeds
onwasonceagainverycircumspectwhenshe
onof theZ arovahoardseems topointup
blepremisebut onethatisperhaps
tionseemsmorelikelyto havebeencarriedoutbyan
hanbya seriesofindividualtransactions.
UntetradrachmedeMithridatesurf rappeaMaronee
1 , pp. 213-26.
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t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0
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amelythatcoinagedidnotflowin andoutofany
treambutratherinirregularwavesas dictated
mmerce politic s militaryoperationsandother
ehoardsinevitablyreflectthiserratic
o thecaseoftheAtheniantetradrachmsin
saswarning:monetarycirculationisnot
pandingeveroutward.Thehoardevidencehere
mes circulationissub ecttosevere
t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - N o n C o m m e r c i a l - S h a r e A l i k e
/ h t t p : / / w w w . h a t h i t r u s t . o r g / a c c e s s_
u s e # c c - b y - n c - s a - 4 . 0