Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

Melih ARSLAN

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Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

Authors:

Melih ARSLAN

Publisher:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Main Topics:

History of ancient world

Journal:

BELLETEN 2006 Vol.70 Issue 257, pp.27-46

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2006

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000886207

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255

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The hoard was found in May of 2002 at Germiyan village of the county of Çeşme in the province of Izmir. The hoard was found in the village during the construction of the foundations of a house. The hoard bought by the Directorate of the Çeşme Museum contains 228 coins. The coins of the hoard consist of one silver hemidrachm and 227 small bronze coins. The obverse of the silver coin has a young Herakles portrait wearing a lion's head. The reverse has an oak wreath with the letters EPY inside it and underneath the monogram of a magistrate. The reverse of this coin is a new type that was not known before. For this reason it is a unique coin. The 227 bronze coins of the hoard can be examined in two groups as a Herakles group and a Dionysian group. The Herakles group has on the obverse a young Herakles portrait wearing a lion's head in right profile, and on the reverse the shortened form of the name of the city, EPY and the names of the magistrates responsible for minting the coins. The Dionysian group has on the obverse the head of a young Dionysos wearing an ivy wreath in right profile, and on the reverse, the letters EPY, grape cluster and various magistrate names. The Herakles group consists of 200 coins, which have 12 different magistrate names. The average weight of the coins from this group is 3.26 grams. The Dionysian group consists of 27 coins, which have 11 different magistrate names. The average weight of these coins is 3.16 grams. The hoard can be dated to 240-230 BC. It is the largest bronze Erythrai hoard that has ever been found.

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Söz konusu bu define, İzmir İli, Çeşme İlçesi, Germiyan Köyünde, 2002 yılı Mayıs ayında bulunmuş ve Çeşme Müze Müdürlüğü'nce satın alınmıştır. Define, köy içerisinde bir ev inşaatı temeli kazılırken, tesadüfen ortaya çıkmıştır. İnşaat sahibi birkaç para bulmuş ve bunu Köy Muhtarına söylemiş(1), Muhtar da bu durumu Çeşme Müze Müdürlüğü'ne iletmiştir. Çeşme Müze Müdürlüğü sikkeleri gördüğünde bunun bir define buluntusu olduğuna karar vermiş ve derhal burada bir araştırma başlatmıştır. Sikkelerin çıktığı alan iyice araştırıldıktan sonra, bu alandan çıkan toprakların da bir elek marifetiyle elenmesi sağlanmıştır. Bu işlemler sonucunda ve definenin ilk ortaya çıktığında köy halkınca paylaşılmış olanlar da jandarma marifetiyle toplanınca sikke sayısı 228 adet olmuştur (Resim 1, tüm definenin genel görünüşü).

Article Details

Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

Authors:

Melih ARSLAN

Publisher:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Main Topics:

History of ancient world

Journal:

BELLETEN 2006 Vol.70 Issue 257, pp.27-46

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2006

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000886207

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255

Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü

Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

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Article Details

Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

Authors: Melih ARSLAN

Publisher: Türk Tarih Kurumu

Main Topics: History of ancient world

Journal: BELLETEN 2006 Vol.70 Issue 257, pp.27-46

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2006

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000886207

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2791-6472

pISSN: 0041-4255

Çeşme - Germiyan Köyü

Hellenistik Erythrai Bronz Sikke Definesi

Kazı

Arkeoloji

Issues

Authors:

Melih ARSLAN

Publisher:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Main Topics:

History of ancient world

Journal:

BELLETEN 2006 Vol.70 Issue 257, pp.27-46

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2006

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000886207

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255