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. Volume VI includes nine papers on Greek coinage and three in the Byzantine, Medieval, and Early Modern section, followed by a catalog of varieties.
Table of ContentsBeauty Worth Sharing: An Introduction to Koinon VI, with Recourse to Marlaina – Nicholas J. Molinari
Greek Coinage
Electrum Coinage of the Scythians – Ivan Butkevych
The Dismounting Horseman Scene on Cilician Coins – Petr Veselý
Minting Anomalies in Greek Sicily: Stepped Flans, Edge Ridges, and Edge Splits – William E. Daehn
A New Overstrike from Abakainon – Nicholas J. Molinari
A Revealing New Addition to the Corpus of Alexander Decadrachms from Babylon – Lloyd W. H. Taylor and Marko Andric
Important Coins from the Collection of Klaus Grigo – Julian Wünsch
The Baktrian Coregency Legend Coinage of Seleukos and Antiochos: Context and Origin – Lloyd W. H. Taylor
A Newly Discovered Coin from Kietis Featuring Acheloios Kalykadnos – Nicholas J. Molinari
Two New Legend Variations of a Rare Greek Coin Type from Amyzon – Christoph Öhm-Kühnle
Medieval and Early Modern Coinage
Two New Palaeologan Torneses – Sam Cowell
The Fourrée Hyperpyra of John V Palaeologus – Sam Cowell
Survey of the Early (pre-1000 AD) Use of Christian Saints’ Names and Images on European Coins – David B. Spenciner and Theodore Dziemianowicz
Catalog of New Varieties
