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1882
Volume 8, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2031-5937
  • E-ISSN: 2295-9041

Abstract

Abstract

Pierre Bordreuil s’intéressait aux petits objets inscrits. Les monnaies ont souvent croisé sa route et il en était bon connaisseur, mais il ne leur a accordé que très peu d’articles. Son intérêt s’était porté sur de rares émissions de Menbig/Bambycé frappées à l’époque perse et portant une inscription araméenne. Il s’agit ici de lui rendre hommage en resituant dans leur contexte monétaire général les monnaies qui avaient attiré son attention. La circulation du Levant au e s. se compose en effet essentiellement de , de l’argent pesé, qui disparaît progressivement, mais aussi de tétradrachmes d’Athènes et de leurs imitations locales ainsi que des émissions des ateliers phéniciens. Entre grosses dénominations et minuscules fractions d’argent, le Levant possède, à la veille de la conquête d’Alexandre le Grand, une monnaie diversifiée et adaptée à des besoins différents.

Abstract

Pierre Bordreuil was very interested in small inscribed objects. He often devoted time to coins and indeed, was an expert, but he wrote few articles on coins, an exception being his interest in rare productions from Menbig/Bambyce with Aramaic inscriptions dating from the Persian period. This article is offered to him in an attempt to recover the broader monetary context of the coinage which attracted his attention. The monetary circulation of the Levant during the 4th cent. BC consisted mainly of Hacksilber, weighed silver fragments, vanishing gradually, but also of Athenian tetradrachms and their local imitations, as well as the production of the Phoenician mints. Between silver large denominations and tiny fractions, the Levant possessed a wide range of monetary forms adapted to different needs.

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2015-01-01
2025-12-06

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