Description
Book SynopsisAs the name indicates, KOINON is a journal that encourages contributions to the study of classical numismatics from a wide variety of perspectives. The journal includes papers concerning iconography, die studies, provenance research, forgery analysis, translations of excerpts from antiquarian works, specialized bibliographies, corpora of rare varieties and types, ethical questions on laws and collecting, book reviews, and more. The editorial advisory board is made up of members from all over the world, with a broad range of expertise covering virtually all the major categories of classical numismatics from archaic Greek coinage to late Medieval coinage.
Table of ContentsEditorial: Celebrating our Fifth Year with Cheiron, the Son of Kronos and Philyra ;
GREEK COINAGE ;
Nicola Ignarra’s Encounter with a 3rd Century BC Neapolitan Coin Featuring SVESA in Reverse Field – NICHOLAS J. MOLINARI and CURTIS CLAY ;
Reintroducing Acheloios Hermotos of Parion – NICHOLAS J. MOLINARI ;
Parthenope’s Embodiment of Victory and the Crowning of Acheloios as ‘Victor over Death’: A Reconsideration of the Reverse Motif Exhibited on Neapolitan Coinage – NICHOLAS J. MOLINARI ;
A Newly Identified Mint Control Link in the Coinage of Andragoras and Sophytes – LLOYD W. H. TAYLOR ;
Sophytes and the Mirage of an ‘Indian’ Weight Standard – LLOYD W. H. TAYLOR ;
ROMAN COINAGE ;
A Succession of Coinages in the Balkans: Imitation Roman Republican Denarii Overstruck on Drachms of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium – DAVID MACDONALD ;
Roman Lead ‘Iao Abrasax’ Amulets: Magical Pendants, Rings, and Beads – GERT BOERSEMA ;
An Unpublished Tremissis in the Name of Honorius – DIRK FALTIN ;
MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN COINAGE ;
Interesting Symbols on some Deniers Tournois of Naupaktos – ANDREI BONTAS ;
An Unrecognized Countermark of the Knights of Malta – DAVID MACDONALD ;
REVIEWS ;
Review of Powell, Anton, and Andrew Burnett (eds.). 2020.
Coins of the Roman Revolution, 49 BC-AD 14. Evidence without Hindsight – ALBERTO CAMPANA ;
Review of Caza, Shawn M. 2021.
A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin Types, 324-395 – VIRGIL H. HOUSTON JR. ;
CATALOG OF NEW VARIETIES
