An overstrike of a Hellenistic Tetradrachm of Thasian type on Athens in the Popina Hoard ("IGCH" 930) more

I IIEPIOMKH EK~OLH THL EAAHNIKHL NOMILMATIKHL ETAIPEIAL o.AP. 13 ° A8HNA 1994 A PERIODICAL PUBLICATION OF THE HELLENIC NUMISMATIC SOCIETY ° No 13 ° ATHENS 1994 IIEPIEXOMENA I:EAiS KA TEPINHE AIAMIIH: ApyIAOS. IOTOpia xur Nojuopo F. DE CALLATA Y, I. PROKOPOV: Eva E>aOlaKo TETpuopa)(llo, uno TO«Eupnpo» TnS Popina, Ernxcxoppevo OEA8nva·IKo. XPILTO~OPOY M. MOYAAKH: XPlOTOOOUAOU Flupuycpdxrnc, KQ1 MAES llrhpES IIETPOYN. IIPOTONOTAPIOY: MIXanA A' ri MIXanA B' rnc Hnefpou A. II. TZAMAAH: To «Eupnpo. HAlooS/1964 7 CONTENTS Page KATERINI LIAMPI: Argilos. History and Coinage F.DECALLATAY,I.PROKOPOV: An Overstrike of a Hellenistic Tetradrachm on Athens, in the Popina Hoard CHRISTOPHER M. MOULAKIS: Christodoulou the Forger. More dies PETROS N. PROTONOTARIOS: Michael I or Michael II ofEpeiros A. P. TZAMALIS: The Elis/ 1964 Hoard ALANM.STAHL: The Cephalonia Hoard of Venetian and Hungarian Coins SAVAS K. KOFOPOULOS: The Numismatic Collection the Church of Taxi arch is in Asomatos PANOSN. TAZEDAKIS: A little more about Othon, Lange and Voigt BOOK REVIEWS M.Oeconomides-Caramessini "Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Leipzig 1)" by Sabine Schultz Alan Walker: "Coin Circulation in Ancient Macedonia" by Y. Touratsoglou Y. P. Touratsoglou: "Coin Circulation in the Danubian and Balkan Provinces" by G. L. Duncan 21 40 37 43 45 55 65 60 ms 75 ALAN M. STAHL: Eva «Eiipnpu. BEVETOlUVIKWV KQ1OuyyplKWV Nopicpdrcov LABBA K. KO~OIIOYAOY: To Anoflnotnipiopu Exxxnofr«; TOUTaSlupxn Aocopdrou A£o~ou 96 85 ms of 118 103 IIANOYN. TAZEMKH: Afya uxopo rrspf Olkovoc, AUVYKE KQ1<l>OyKT BIBAIOKPILIEL Mc Oucovopfoou-Kopcpeolvn: "Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Leipzig 1)" 1:11<; Sabine Schultz Alan Walker: "H N0I-lIOI-lGTIKrl Ku0..ocpopfa ornv Apxafa Muacoovfu" TaU r. Toupuroovxou r. fl. Toupdroovxou: "Coin Circulation in the Danubian and Balkan Provinces" TaU G. L. Duncan 129 132 137 137 138 139 140 149 144 149 154 A. L. KAI MEAH THL E.N.E. COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OFTHEH.N.S. H.N.S. DURING 1993 H E.N.E. KATA TO 1993 154 An overstrike of a Hellenistic Tetradrachm of Thasian type on Athens in the Popina Hoard ("IGCH" 930) F. de Callataji and I. Prokopov As quoted by the "IGCH"l the Popina Hoard contai ned a large number (more than 170) of Hellenistic tetradrachms ofThasian type. Discovered in 1957 and then published in brief by T. Cerassimov/, a large part of it is now in the Museum of Silistra (146 specimens). The burial date given by M. Thompson is 125-100 Be. Recently, 1. Prokopov and 1. E. Batchvarov have devoted a special publication to this hoard-'. One of these Hellenistic tetradrachms ofThasian type shows obvious traces of overstriking (Fig. 3: Popina Hoard, No. 439: 16.247 gms). We can see in the right field of the obverse remains ofan inscription. Although it would be tempting to read this inscription from a horizontal point of view (something like "IOPT"), it has to be read vertically. So we read "H/I1/E/A//':,.". It is more than enough for a very precise identification. Indeed, they are the first letters of an Athenian spread-flan tetradrachm (the so-called "New Style" tetradrachrns) struck by the magistrates HPAKAE1I1HI-EYKAHL H [PA II KAEr] 11[HI] E [YK] A [HI] 11[10K or 10NY] or [10 Y first time that an overstrike ofThasos on Athens has been detected (we mainly have several cases ofThasos on Aesillasj+, The magistrates HP AKAE1I1HI- EYKAHI appear twice in the sequence of M. Thompson: first in 139-8 BC and secondly in 1371136 (following M. Thompson). The plates published by M. Thompson allow some very close comparisons (1: No. 752a, 757b, 2: No. 778a, 779c, 780b, 780c, 780d, 781a, 782a, 794c)5. Varieties Nos. 757b (Fig. 1) and 780b (Fig. 2) seem particularly similar to our tetradrachm and could have been produced with the same reverse die (taking into account the deformation due to the overstrike). As different numismatists have shown, we have to lower the chronology of M. Thompson by about 32 years6. So the overs truck Athenian tetradrachm was produced in the last decade of the second century BC (in 107/106 or 105/104 to take this assumption literally)7. The chronology of the Hellenistic Thasian tetradrachms (both "original" and "imitated") is still rather ill-known. The tetradrachrn discussed here belongs to the variety HX1 of Dr. Ilia Prokopov'i. The obverse die is not attested in other hoards but it is possible to find close parallels for the reverse type (G6). Nearest to our coin are: Popina Hoard ("IGCH" 930: 0.392, 407,417,419,447 and 492), Gradesnica ("IGCH" 571: No. 166,308,319,387,389 and 391) and "Haralanov Collection" (No. 57,1 [1]). So this tetradrachrn is included IOr] IO] Moreover, some leaves of the olive wreath mayalso be recognized in the same area (on the left of the inscription). There is no room for doubt aboutthis iden tification. It must be noted that, as far as we know, it is the I in one of the first waves ofThasian imitations. This kind of tetradrachm was dated to the 2nd decade of the l st century Be by G. Katsarova in her still valuable study of reference '. It belongs to the bulk of these massive imitations for which 1. Prokopov has numbered several hundred differen t obverse dieslO. Of course, this overstrike confirms a dating after the beginningof the 1stcentury Be, but the main interest probably lies elsewhere. This overstrike is an important piece in dating the withdrawal of Athenian rerradrachrns from ci rculaticn in this Northern area. It has to be added to the two cases of overstrikes of Aesillas on Athens 11. The "Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards" and the seven volumes of "Coin Hoards" mention several hoards buried at the end of the 2nd century B.C. and at the beginning of the l st century B.C. with both Athenian and Thasian coins ("IGCH" 913, 917, 918, 924, 963, 975, 977,978, "CH" I 92, "CH" VI 47 and 49, "CH" VII 133 and 141). Some of them also contain Roman denarii ("IGCH" 975, 977, 978 and "CH" VII 141). Wi th rh is evidence in mind, it seems that Athenian tetradrachms in Thrace and Macedonia were restruck gradually (covering several decades in the first half of the 1st cen tury Be). Fig. 1. Thompson 757b Fig. 2. Thompson 78Gb I Fig. 3. Popina No. 439 I Eva Oooicxo Terpcopcxuo ana TO (IGCH 930) Ernxexouusvo « Eupnuc» Tl1~ O£ Popina A811va"lKo Kat F. de Cal/atay OnWSOVOcpEpETQIOTOIGCHl, TO«euH[PAllKAEI] I. Prokopov pnllO» ms Popina n£pI£lX£ EVaIl£YOAO opl8110 (nepiooorcpu uno 170) £MnvlOnKwv l:ETpa.bpoXllwV 800l0KOU rimou. AVOKOAucp8nK£ TO 1957 KOI bnIl00l£u8nK£ ouvorrnxd uno TOVT. Gerassimov-'. M£yOAo l:1lrl.1l0l:OU (146 vopfoprrrc) CPUAa.OOETOI oro Mouoefo tnc Silistra. HM. Thompson xpovoAoyno£ 'tnv orroxpuori TOUOl:O125100 n. X. TIpOOCPOLO bnIl00l£u8nK£ uno TOUS1. Prokopov KOI 1. E. Batchvarov ilia £lblKrl. 1l£A£l:n yJO ro «eup nuc» OUl:03. L£ EVa uno ru £AAnVlOnKa. l:ETpa.bpoX11080010KOU runou nopOLnpOUVl:QI oorpri unoA£lllllOLo cruvpuqxov naAQlOl:EpOUvoIllo1l0l:0S errf l:OUorrofou l:OUl:OEX£!£nIKOnef (Fig3: «Eupnpc» Popina optfl. 439,16. 247 vp.). LTO nd)io TOU epnpootlorunou bd;la. uncipyouv i)(Vn ypolllla.l:WV Ka.noJOS £nIypocpnS" Av KOIO£opl~ovno oerpd uutri 80 pnopouoov va ovovvcooflouv Ws «LOPT" (KOI va 8£wpn80uv Ws xuxovporpfc l:OU £nI8ETOULOTHPOL l:WV800JOKWVl:ETpO£1VQI a cvovvcocdoov v bpa.Xpwv), TOOWOl:O K08El:WS, onore ovoyvwpi~ovl:QI rc ypa.llP01:O:HI I1IEI AI 11KQJO£cutri rnv n£p Irrtcoon np oxurrter OnOAUl:WS oKpl~ns l:ounon: TIPOK£Jl:OI yJO l:0 0PXIKa. ypa.IlPOLO l:WV nevte opa.bwv evoc 08nvo"iKoU l:ETpobpa.XIlou uno ro A£yop£vo l:ns VEOSl:£)(VOl:pOnioS (New Style), KOllpEVO uno l:OUS opX0Vl:£S HPAKAEII1H - EYKAH - I1IOK n MON: b.[HL] E[YK] A[HL] b.[IOK n IONy] ri IONY] LOr] Enmpoobercoq, LO] otnv ibJO mplOxn TOU VOpiOPOLOS, cprcrepcorepo l:WVypoppa.l:WV,bJOKpivOVl:QIIl£PIKa.CPUMO£MoS uno ro Ol:£CPa.VI. rcnrnon K08iol:0l:QI onoAuH l:WS ~£~010: TIpEn£1 va onll£!w8£l on, £S OOWV yvwpi~op£, OUl:O£1VQI TOrrporto 80oioxo rerpdopcypo nou ovoyvwpi~£1:01 ernK£KollpEVOO£08nvo"IKo. MEXPIl:WpO rionv YVWOl:a. ovo P£PIKa. £nIK£KOIlIlEVOO£ rep l:pa.bpOXpoMAKEI10NON/AESILLAS4. To ~£uyoS l:WV 0pX0Vl:WV HPAKAEII1HLi EYKAHL £PCPOVi~ETQlbuoCPOpES am xpoVOAOYIKrl. KOLa.1:OSn ms M. Thompson: TO 139/8 n. X. KOI TO 137/6.01 nlvoxsc; ms Thompson crrrtpenouv OpKETES oUyKpio£!S P£1:0 uno ou~nmOlv vopiopc (1: opl8. 752a, 757b KOI2: opl8" 778a, 779c, 780b, 780c, 780d, 781a, 782a, 794c)5. 01 nOIKIAl£S 757b (Fig. 1) KOI 780b (Fig. 2) Ilola.~ouv nOAu p£ TOuno ou~nmon vouiopo KQI80 p rropouoov va npOEpX0Vl:OI uno rnv ibJO p rrtpc omoflo tunou (AoP~ovoIlEvns urr' oiprv rnc; ncpcpopqxooecoc; ms OPXIKI1<) noPOOl:a.o£wS KOLa.rnv £nOVOKOnI1). Oncoc; EX£Iunob£lx8£l uno Siorpopouc; N 01110110l:OAOYOUS, 01 XpovoAoyno£lS 1:I1S M. Thompson 80 rrpsnci va «xopnAWOOUV» I xcrrd 32 ncpfnou ETn6. ETOI, TO EnIKEKOppEVO aenVa·iKO TELpOOpaxpo XfJovoAoydTQI omv rexcurofo OEKaELIa TOU 20u Qlwva n. X. xcu OUYKEKplppEva oro I07/6 ri 105/4, EOVGKOAOUSnooupE aUTI1 rnv EKooxn xcrtd ypoppa7. H XfJovoAoynon TWV SaolaKwv TELpaopoXpwv ms EMnVlOLlKns En0XnS, TOOO TWV <<npwTOLlJnWV» 000 xu: TWV «anoplpnOEWV» LOUS, ncpcpsvci cxopn cocqiriq. To uno ES£Taon TELpOOpaxpo aV11KEl ornv nOIKIAla HX1 LOU Ap. Ilia Prokopov+. H OEVEXE1napaprirpc LOU cjmpocfiotunou rnpnflcf OEQAAa «eupripo.ro» aAAO mflovov va ~PESOUV OTEVES napaMnAlES yJQ m p rirpc LOU oruofio tunou (G6). DAnOlEoTEpa npos LO uno oUl,nTnolv dVQI: Popina Hoard (IGCH 930) aplS. 392, 407, 417, 419,447,492, Gradesnica (IGCH 571) ap!S. 166,308,319,387,389,391 xrn LUAAoyn Haralanov aplS. 57,1 [1]. ETOI, aUTO LOTELpOOpaxpo nperrsi vo nEplAn<:pSd OLlS npWTES KonES SaOJQKWV c nojn p noscov. AUTO LO dooS TELpaopoxpwv XfJovoAoynSnoav OTn OEUTEpn OEKaELIa TOU Iou Qlwva n. X. uno Ll1V G. Katsarova o rnv, ndvrore aSloAoyn, pEAETn ms9. AvnKEI OLOV OyKO TWV nOAuapISpwv cnoprprioecov uno LIS onOIES or. Prokopov KmapETpnOE apKELES EKmOVTOOES pmpwv EpnpooSOTUnou10. <DUOIKO, LO EnlKEKOPPEVO TELpOOpaXpo Enl~E~QlWVEl pIa XfJovoMynon PELOLIS apXES TOU l ou crcovc n. X., aAAO n pEyaAUTEpn cnpcofo LOU ~plOKELal aAAou: onPE1WVEItnv woXn Tns oriooupcccoc; TWVaSnvcixcov TELpaOpOXpwv OE uurri rri ~opEla nepioyri. Tlpener vc npootstief ons ouo neplmwo£lS TWVTELpaopoxpwVLOU Aesilla nou ExouVKLUnnSElWlaSnva·iKwvll. To Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards xci 01 errtd TOpOl TOU Coin Hoards ovorpepouv opxcro «Wpripcrtc» rc orroic erdqmocv Kmo rc TEAn TOU 20u xcr LIS apXES TOU l ou Qlwva n. X. xoi rc onofn mplElxaV aSnva"iKo KQlSaOlQKo. TELpo.0paxpa (IGCH 913, 917, 918, 924, 963,975,977,978. CH I 92, VI 47 xui VII 133 KQI 141). MEP!Ko. uno aUTO. nEplElxaV cnionc; KQI pwpa"iKo onvo.PIQ (IGCH 975, 977,978 xrn CH VII 141). ExovmS un' OtplV aUTO.rc OTOIXEla, oxn pmll,ELQI n ElKOVa £VOS p6.AAovapyoupuSpOUEnavaKonnSOEaSnvcncd TELpo.0paxpaom 8po.Kn KQIrnv MeKEoovla nou KaAUmEl apKETES uno ns npcoTES OEKaELIESLOu.10u uicovu n. X. (Mcrurppuon uno ro UYYAtKO: TI. T~upaM'i) A. I M. Thompson, Inventory 1973, 2 O. Merkholm, Coin C. M. Kraay, "An New York, de (in Bulgarian English); Thasos Raslog", in French 9 tetradrachms the 1st century 10 1. Prokopov, large-scale century - summaries "A hoard discovered (in Bulgarian in French of Athens and and of Greek Hoards", I. Prokopov, retradrachrns 121,No.930. "Trouvailles de monnaies recueillies en 1956 er 1957", near the town summaries the dating of T. Gerassimov, Bulgarie (1959),362 Isves rija naIstorijeski and English). "New Musei Kjustendil, BlAB, 22 1 (1989),249-268 G. Katsarova, (in Bulgarian) region and 365 (in French). "Tresor monetaire 3 I. Prokopov and I. E. Batchvarov, de Popina, de Silistra", Hoard, XXIVII (1990), data about Numizmatika, (16. 58 gms o. of the island ofThasos from the second from (in 131-152 3-22 (in Bulgarian). No.5 coinage period and ofThracian Bulgarian-English coinages Be", summary). tetradrachms 4 E. g.: 1. Padarevo 35-1h) 133-134 ANS,1944. 4. Oxford, (16.42 24 Oct. Be", BIA B, 27 (1964), (see G. Katsarova, (16.16 BlAB, 27 [1964], BM, 1899-4-1- and 148); 2. London "Notesaboutthecharacterofsome in the Thracia during IIII 14 Lambros gms - 34-11 h); 3. New York, 1964 22II 100. 16774(16.30gms-34-12h); AM, 3700 giftE. S. G. Robinson 5. G. Hirsch, sale32, International Septembre obverse 1. Budapest, phase drachm (before Acres du Xl etnc Co ngres de Numismatique, Bruxelles, 1993 (364 ofThasos). tetra"Two coinage gms - 32-12h); 1962,2334. 1991, Louvain-la-Neuve, dies for the whole No. 61/953. 5 M. Thompson, of Athens" and 282-286, "The New Style Silver Coinage ew York, 1961,271-273 4: Aesillas of the first , (NS, 10), 85 Be) over an Athenian Overstrikes: 6 pl. 82 and 85-87. See now: O. Morkhol m, "The Chronology of the New Style Coinage of Athens", ANSMN29 (I 984),29-42. It is the chronology assumed byCh. Habicht, "Zu des dated ±97/96 Be (R. A. Bauslaugh, Unpublished 21, pl. 3; 2. Berlin, phase drachm Aesillas", New Style Athens and 32 (J 987),16- Aesillas the Quaesror", ANSMN, 7 No. 24111907; dated Aesillas of the second tetrapl. 138, over au den Mi.inzmagistraten commentary 8 See 1. Prokopov "Thasos Hisrorical type on 1990, der Silberpragung HPAKAEI6HI-EYKAHI). (after 85 B.C.) over an Athenian euen Stils", Chiton 21 (J 991), 1-23 (no specific 18. See also l. Prokopov, in the fund of Pleve n", ±73/72 (M. Thompson, M. Thompson, o. 1233cand of Aesillas, Louvain-la- "Byzantium "Les monnaies RN, (1973), pI.A). Forrhe chronology see F. de Callaray, tetradrachms Museum Izvestija na nom d'Aesillas", Festschrift euve, 1993 Clain-Stefanelli, (in preparation). lsrorijeski Musei Kjustendill (1989),307-321 I