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cedoniacontainedNewStyletetra-

ecompositionofthesehoardshasa

filehasimplicationsaboutthecirculationof

acedonia.1

bservedthatinmanycasesAtheniancoins

nMacedonia.2Inhisinventory thereare

nlyofAtheniancoinsandsi whichcontain

atingthehoardsonthe lowerchronology he

erousAthenianissuestheycontainfitintothe

out92B . C . ac c ordingtoMerkholm. 4D uring

dtodefenditselfagainstseveralincursions

k thelateMissM. ThompsonandMr. G. eR iderandMr.

mmentsonadraft ofthispaper. .deCallatayiscurator

russelscabinet.

heAdamZ agliveriou/1983Hoard intheMuseumofThessa-

wStyle ) Tetradrac hmsinMacedonia Nof iiafianHa. X gov i a8

e re a ft e r T o u r at s og l ou .

nn. 1and2.

1961 MargaretThompsonpublishedhermonumental

lverCoinageofAthens A NSNS10 New ork 1961 . The

arly theendof these uence of thisstandardreferenc ehasbeen

oplewhoproposedadowndatingofc a. 32years. orthis see

eChronologyof theNewSty leCoinageofAthens A NSMN29

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ndthenfromThraciantribes.This troubled

thearrivalofMithridatictroops atthe

tswellaccordingtoTouratsoglouwiththeimpor-

sofAtheniancoins particularlywhenwetake

li ationofMacedoniaandthedisruptionof

forwardandcoherent.B uta uestion

mingoftheentryof Atheniancoinageinto

alofthismoneycoincidewiththe invasions 6

single massivesupplyatac ertainmoment

ssionsdocumentedinMacedonianhoards

uestion. A samatterof fact wenotic estrong

esbetweentherepresentationoftheemissions

whatweknowabouttherhythmof Athenian

esthecontentofMacedonianhoards

age. orconvenience Itakeupdates given

1961 Morkholm sdates seen. 4 lowerthese

.7Thesecondcolumnisdevotedtothe names

esandthe thirdtothevarietieslisted by

slightlyadaptsanideae pressedbyO ttoMerkholmwho

edproductionofsilvercoinin Athensabout145/4was

changesimposedbyR omewhichresultedintheinter-

tsilverc oinages seeO . Merkholm above n. 4 , p. 42.

wrote: Thee aminationof thehoardsincombinationwith

ricalsourcesseemstofavourthechronologicalclassifi-

esassuggestedby Merkholmandto ustifytheviewthat

earingsilver intoMacedoniaoccurredduringperiodsof

abroad: thec lashesof theR omanlegionsin135B . C . 119

d106B . C . w iththeScordisc iGaulsareref lec tedinthehoardsof

eria/1962 ilkis/1961 Macedonia ) /1958 Serres/1913and

hesituationcausedbytheraids oftheThraciansandthe

hridatesare shownbythehoardsof ella/1984

1928 Z arova Thessalonik i/1898 eventsof theyears92B . C .

7 7/ 6 B . C. .

olmdowndating these uenceofsomeemissionsneeds

doneitseemspreferablenotto givetheillusionofperfect

Thompsondatesstandeventhroughtheyareoverthree

someinternalrearrangement.

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nMacedonianH oards13

reachemission thenumberofobversediesin the

lowedby thenumberofspecimens.Then after

rameters thenumberofAthenianspecimens

thoardsislisted. iveof themareproperly

T h es s al o ni c a c a 19 2 9 , C H 4 6 6 C h al c id i ce

3 3 s o ut h we s te r n Ma ce d on i a 1 9 81 , 9 A da m Z a g l iv er i ou

5 2 4 Z a r o v a 1 8 98 . T h e si t h h oa r d is t h e no r th e rn -

some70km. southofSof ia IGCH 976 B elic a

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nMacedonianH oards

478 Thessalonica isdifferentfromallthe

drachmswhicharealldated between170/69

ompson thatisto saybetween± 138/7and

ronology.Thee cellentstateofpreservation

ber ofdielinksstronglyarguefor aburial

verysoonafterthearrivalof thesetetra-

depositedsome20 to50yearslater

.C.11Thesefivehoardsarecomposed

missionsarestrangelyoverrepresentedineach

w it h t he n a me s o f n l l E N H - I Q I A NA O I

T H I MI IQ N- Y P Y K A I and A AIX - P T O K A . In

thesefouremissionsconstitutemorethanhalfof

ented missions

hlywiththereal significanceofthesefour

adrachmproduction.12 x aminingthefourth

Thec oinsrec ordedaboveareallwellpreserved thoseof the

hatmorewornthanthoseof thelast manyofwhichare

down-dateThompsonby32yearstheterminuspost uernforeac h

idice CH 4 66 109/8 southwesternMac edonia CH 7

a g l iv er i ou 9 6 /5 Z a r o v a I G CH 5 2 4 9 5 /4 a n d B e l ic a I G CH 9 7 6

hernGreecearenot detailedherebecausetheyareeither

.Nonetheless wheninformationisavailable theresults

non. Stro no1961 IGCH 924 hadfourA thenianspec imens

J J A NA O Z a nd o ne M I I Q N - Y P Y K A I s e e . S ch oe ne rt -G ei ss

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numberofobversediesreportedbyThompson

ithanaverageof16 obversedieseachyear

18 , thesefouremissionsarec ertainlywellrepre-

heyarenotdifferentfromthe neighboring

reofa similarvolume evenlargerfromtime

oorlydocumentedinMacedonianhoards whilethe

atriflingplacein hoardsfromCrete D elos

dThessaly. Thedetailedacc ount basedon

isinTable3.

entedSpecimensinOther H oards

centage

3321631. 6

3310130. 0

520270. 0

2 24 9 0 .8

9 0 3 1 9 15 . 8

kD ieMun pragungvonMaroneia B erlin 1987 , pp. 105-6

G CH 9 1 7 h a d on e At h en i an s p ec i me n w it h M I I Q N - Y P Y K A I s e e

nd .Schoenert-Geiss p.96 evka1974 CH 1 92= CH 6 49

me n m r N H - Z Q Z A N A O Z , s e e . S ch o en e rt - Ge i ss p . 1 01 .

efouremissionsattestedfortheSimitliihoardis onc eagain

N A O Z , s e e Th o mp s on p . 5 22 . i n al l y t h e on l y At h en i an t e tr a dr a ch m

A MQ N-A A E THZ , seeB . Mitrea Untetradrac hmeathenien

ertenD ac ie ssaysThompson Wetteren 1979 ,

hsarticlewasstillinpresswhenDr. I. ropopovsentmeone

AH oardofAthensandThasosTetradrachmsD iscovered

Newsof theHistoricalMuseumof j ustendil 1989 , pp. 249-

ummariesin renchand nglish . O f the18A theniantetra-

1r N H - Z Q 2 A NA O Z , 5 h a ve n O A M Q N -A A E T H Z , 4 h av e MI I Q N -

nd 1 ha s A A IX - P r O K A . T hu s i n th is c as e a ll t he s pe ci me ns b el on g to

emissions.

missionsaredocumentedbyahighnumberof specimens.It

issituationresults inlargepartfromMacedonianhoards.

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nMacedonianH oards

9

completelyabsentfrommanyhoards

fouremissionsconstitutelessthan16 percentin

han 2percent.Thus itseemsevidentthatwe

eMacedoniancirculationphenomenon.

thatitisnow possible Ithink to

venanceof IGCH 296= CH 7 130 Toronto

dataprov idedbyThompson thethree

tedinthishoardareTTO A MQ N-A A E THI 6

- Y P Y K A I 9 sp ec im en s a nd A A IX - P T O K A , 7

NH- IQ IA NA O X emissionisapparentlyabsent

ssrepresent45.8percentof thetotal 22coins

26 coinsbelongto14differentemissions

me50years.Thisunbalanceddistribution

entforputtingthishoard—or atleast this

thernGreece inMacedoniaorThrace.15

andIGC 296mentionatotalof48A theniantetradrac hms.

spec imenisaddedtothetotalandonevariety Th. 804a is

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emissionshavetwointerestingcharac-

renotthemostrecentemissionsin Macedonian

yarenearlyse uential. Indeedthreeoutof four

l f rom158/7to156/5 . Thefourthone 153/2

mfollowingagapof twoyears—155/4and

t e A A I X - P T O K A e m is s io n o f ye a r 15 3 /2

three Nodielinkageevidencecontradicts

rdothestudyof stylenorthestudyof hoards

ntpointisto seethatthemainimport of

appenedverymassivelyinashortspaceof

ears . A sThompsonwroteverysubtly inher

ovahoard Itistruethatonewoulde pec ta

efromlateissuesinacurrencyhoardbut it

weareconcernedherenotwith theAthens

strict.The appearanceofsomanytetra-

.maysimplyreflectlarge-scalemovementof

duringthose yearsandtheircontinueduse

rstrikingsmayhavetravelledtoMacedoniain

eniancurrencyintoMacedoniacanbe

153/2accordingtothe highchronology that

126/5toabout± 121/0accordingtothemore

speriodfromabout126/5to121/0 attracts

wentyyearse istsbetweentheprovincial-

ndthec losingof themintswhic hisgenerally

ndthefloodofAtheniantetradrachmswhich

cienciesoflocalproduction.R ecalling

ntsonthesetwoevents therearetwopossibil-

theMacedonianmints enoughcoinagewas

thene t20years. 2. Thegreatreorgani ation

ytheR omansdidnottakeplacein ± 146but

positionsisdifficult.H owever itis

tthesecondsuggestion— whichmaybemore

missionsdatedbyM.Thompsontointerveningyears155/4

versedies.

n. 1 alsopp. 539-40.

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nMacedonianH oards19

ot conflictwithanyotherevidenceparticu-

acceptacertaindistancebetweenpolitical

hout takingapositioninfavorof oneidea

wouldliketo submitthetwofollowing

tityofmoneyarrivedinMacedoniaaround

ntakensome20 yearsearlier wewould

amplesof theinteveningissuesofAthenian

everythingseemstoindicatethatthispheno-

veone withincreasingimportationofcoins

massiveandverysuddenone.182.Several

thebeginningofthelargetetradrachm

Maroneawiththeprovinciali ingof

itmaybe ac c ordingtorec entresearch that

snotinitiatedbeforethelast uarterofthe

ase—but prudenceisclearlyre uired—it

emonetarychangesaffectingMacedoniainthe

ntury suspensionofmonetaryactivityin

theniancurrency andthebeginningofintensive

Maronea happenedabout125B . C . thatisto

mostcommonlybelieveddates.Thislast

nvestigationandreview.

achednorthernGreeceinaseeminglyvery

forsomethirtyyearstoprovidethe bulkof

changes.TheirlongevityinMacedoniais

eralabsenceinhoardsdepositedsouthof

mentali ationdoesnotsupportanoftenmade

ofAtheniantetradrachmsforlargeinterna-

adeormerc enarypay . O n thec ontrary thisobser-

mmobili edcirculation supplyingtheneeds

onwasonceagainverycircumspectwhenshe

onof theZ arovahoardseems topointup

blepremisebut onethatisperhaps

tionseemsmorelikelyto havebeencarriedoutbyan

hanbya seriesofindividualtransactions.

UntetradrachmedeMithridatesurf rappeaMaronee

1 , pp. 213-26.

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amelythatcoinagedidnotflowin andoutofany

treambutratherinirregularwavesas dictated

mmerce politic s militaryoperationsandother

ehoardsinevitablyreflectthiserratic

o thecaseoftheAtheniantetradrachmsin

saswarning:monetarycirculationisnot

pandingeveroutward.Thehoardevidencehere

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