Η νομισματοκοπία της Πλωτινοπόλεως και της Τοπείρου: Συμβολή στην Ιστορία της Ρωμαϊκής επαρχίας της Θράκης
Date Issued
March 27, 2024
Type
Διδακτορική Διατριβή
Abstract
The numismatic production of two Trajanic foundations in the Aegean Thrace, Plotinopolis on the western bank of the River Hebros, and Topeiros on the western bank of the River Nestos, and the circulation of imperial and provincial coins found in this area, constitute the core of this dissertation.
Thus, through the study of the iconography of the obverse and the reverse, the metrology - with comparative data from the other cities of the province - and the geographical dispersal, my main goal was to draw conclusions on matters of worship, to form the metrological map of Plotinopolis and Topeiros as well as of the rest cities of the province, to detect and understand the organization and operation of the mints, and finally to detect and understand networks that evolve.
Plotinopolis, the city that named after Trajan's wife, Pompeia Plotina, struck from the mid-2nd century A.D. until the time of Elagabalus bronze coins, with or without the imperial portrait, in four and five denominations. The legatus’ name on the reverse allows us to date them in the incumbency of each legatus – i.e. three years. The Thracian name of Topeiros is a geographical designation that refers to a passage, just like the area where the city is located today, at the meeting point of the Via Egnatia with the River Nestos. Topeiros issued coins from the time of Antoninus Pius until the co-reign of Caracalla and Geta.
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