Pella: Coinage of the Kings of Macedonia
As a element of the National Endowment of the Humanities funded Hellenistic Royal Coinages project, PELLA is an innovative query tool aiming, amidst other things, to render a comprehensive typology as well as catalogue of the coinages struck past times the Macedonian kings of the Argead dynasty (c. 700–310 BC), arguably the most influential coinages of the ancient Greek world. Fueled showtime past times indigenous precious metallic mines inwards their native Macedonia, as well as subsequently past times the spoils of their conquests, including the rich treasures of the Farsi Empire, the Argeads’ numismatic output was monumental. For centuries after their deaths, coins inwards the mention of Philip II (ruled 359–336 BC) as well as Alexander the Great (ruled 336–323 BC) continued to last produced past times successor kings, civic mints, as well as imitators from Central Asia to Central Europe. The coinage of the Argeads themselves as well as that produced inwards their names has been extensively studied, exactly to engagement no comprehensive, easily accessible catalogue of their coinages exists. PELLA is designed to fill upward that gap, cataloguing the private money types of the Argead kings from Alexander I (ruled 498–454 BC), the showtime of the Macedonian kings to smasher coins, downwardly to Philip III Arrhidaeus (ruled 323–317 BC), the concluding of the titular kings to orbit so. Included every bit good every bit are the numerous posthumous civic as well as successor coinages struck inwards the names of the kings.
The electrical flow version of PELLA provides links to examples of the coinage (in the name) of Alexander the Great as well as Philip III Arrhidaeus acquaint inwards a dozen collections located inwards the the U.S.A. as well as Europe (see Contributors). The PELLA projection currently focuses on the coinage (in the mention of) Alexander III as well as Philip III, using reference numbers from Martin Price's The Coinage inwards the Name of Alexander the Great as well as Philip Arrhidaeus , London 1991, every bit the agency of organizing the coinages from diverse institutions. The adjacent phase volition focus on the coinage (in the mention of) Philip II, using Le Rider, Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 a 294 , 1977, every bit the agency of organizing the coinages. Pella volition therefore focus on the coinages of Alexander I to Perdiccas III using SNG ANS every bit the agency of organizing the coinages from diverse institutions.
PELLA is made possible past times stable numismatic identifiers as well as linked opened upward information methodologies established past times the Nomisma.org project. Coin type information are made available amongst an Open Database License. All images as well as information nearly physical specimens are copyright of their respective institutions. Please encounter the Contributors page for farther details nearly private licenses. The electrical flow version of PELLA uses the numbering organization as well as typology originally created as well as published inwards Price (1991) amongst the add-on of modifications that greatly heighten the volume’s usefulness every bit an online resource.
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