Chronologie und Verbreitung der hellenistischen Bronzeprägungen von Pergamon: der Beitrag der Fundmünzen

Abstract

This article attempts to use coins and scattered finds as evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of bronze coinage in Hellenistic Pergamum. Among the more important aspects of bronze coinage illuminated in the course of this study are: the independant coinage of bronze; the exclusive coinage of Attalid bronze coins until the end of the dynasty; and finally the role of this dynastic bronze money in Attalid territory and especially in the non-minting poleis, which depended on the Attalid mint to supply their local circulation of money. This increases the political importance of the dissemination of Attalid bronze coins outside Pergamum itself and allows it to be viewed as a manifestation of Attalid rule. The city’s importance is also palpable later, as part of the province of Asia, due to the extensive circulation of her temple coins, and was most certainly supported by her religious festivals.