Alfoeldi 50,7Ĭlaudius II, AE antoninianus, Rome or Milan mint, reverse of Gallienus. He died of smallpox in January 270 and was deified by his brother Quintillus who succeeded him for a short time.īrowse the Claudius II page with thumbnail images. His destruction of the Gothic cavalry earned him the name of Gothicus. Çulpan, Tiirk Tas Kopriileri, Ankara, 1975 : 132-133.Ħ) The work in Afyon Museum was carried out by Richard Ashton and John Casey, assisted by Mevlùt Ùyiimez.Claudius II, Roman Imperial Coins reference at īrowsing Roman Imperial Coins of Claudius IIĬlaudius II ('Claudius Gothicus'), the first of the soldier-emperors, ruled for less than two years (268–270 AD). 1, Izmir 1971 : 177.ĥ) Others are also incorporated into the Kirkgôz bridge to the south of Bolvadin see C. Lightfoot, 'The Survival of Cities in Byzantine Anatolia : the Case of Amorium,' Byzantion 68 (1998) : 56-71.Ĥ) S. Ivison, 'The Amorium Project : The 1995 Excavation Season', Dumbarton Oaks Papers 51 (1997) : 291-300 (with references in footnote 1) C.S. Okray Collection, Ankara, 1999.ģ) See C.S. The Antalya Archaeological Museum and the C.S. Ashton (éd.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey, London, 1996 C.S. Lightfoot (éd.), Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies, Oxford, 1991 R. Roger Bland, Andrew Burnett and Philip Kinns kindly helped us to identify some of the more recalcitrant pieces.Ģ) C.S. We are also grateful to the Mayor of Bolvadin for granting us permission to work in the museum, and to Mr. Muharrem Bayar, the Principal of the Anatolian High School in Bolvadin, who is the founder and director of the municipal museum there. Meclis Binasi, Ulus, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.ġ) Our thanks go first and foremost to Mr. Kiiltiir Bakanhgi, Anitlar ve Miizeler Genel Miidurlugii, II. **) Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028-0198, USA. Even for the classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods There is a great need to publish the wealth of numismatic material found in Turkish museums and collections, especially as these continue to grow exponentially, largely as a result of the widespread use of metal detectors in recent years. In addition, the visit to Bolvadin provided the opportunity to view two private collections from which just over 100 relevant pieces were studied, so that in total 285 coins were recorded we made casts of them all for future reference and for photographic purposes. Appendix I lists some coins in Afyon Museum that are reported to have been found in the Bolvadin area. Indeed, we gained the impression from the material still in Bolvadin that the best coins from the collection had been probably been transferred to Afyon some years earlier. Which we thought worth studying in order to offer some comparison with material found at Amorion and also to provide a supplement to the catalogue of the coin collection in the Afyon Archaeological Museum6. The municipal museum houses a small coin collection comprising 182 specimens from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, Many stones from the ancient site can now be seen in the Bolvadin municipal museum, while others are built into the old Turkish buildings of the modern town5. The site of Polybotos lies 5 km to the west of the modern town at a place known as Durayeri4. In antiquity the major site in the vicinity was Polybotos, which some scholars have tried to identify with the city of Iulia. More specifically, it should be regarded as part of the work associated with the excavations at the ancient and Byzantine city of Amorion3.īolvadin is situated in the Turkish province of Afyon in central Anatolia. It is intended as a contribution to the current Turco-British project of numismatic research and publication, in the course of which finds of hoards are reported, excavation and survey material is recorded, and museum catalogues are compiled2.

This catalogue is the result of a brief visit by Ashton and Lightfoot to Bolvadin in early June 19971. Richard ASHTON, Chris LIGHTFOOT and Adil OZMEĪNCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL COINS IN BOLVADÎN (TURKEY)

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