Excavations at Nemea III: The Coins

357 Pages·2005·5.34 MB·English

by  Robert C. Knapp

Excavations
at Nemea
III
A coin of Kleonai (drawing by James Herbst)
Excavations
at Nemea
III
t h e c o i n s
r o b e r t c . k n a p p
a n d j o h n d . m a c i s a a c
university of california press
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University ofCalifornia Press
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ISBN 0-520-23169-4 (v.3)
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Birge,Darice Elizabeth.
Excavations at Nemea.
v. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (v.1,p.,v.2,p.) and
indexes.
Contents:1.Topographical and architectural studies :the Sacred
Square,the Xenon,and the Bath/Darice E.Birge,Lynn H.Kraynak,
and Stephen G.Miller— 2.The early Hellenistic Stadium /
Stephen G.Miller with contributions by Robert C.Knapp and
David Chamberlain.
ISBN 0-520-07027-5 (v.1 :alk.paper) — ISBN 0-520-21677-6
(v.2 :alk.paper)
1.Nemea Site (Greece). 2.Greece—Antiquities. I. Kraynak,
Lynn Harriett. II. Miller,Stephen G.(Stephen Gaylord),1943– .
III. Title.
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For
Mando Oikonomidou
and
in memory of
Martin J.Price,
two of our many colleagues
who helped

C O N T E N T S
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations xiii
Selected Bibliography and Abbreviations xxi
Specialized Terminology and Abbreviations xxix
Elevations,Grid References,and Measurements xxxi
PART I
THE CLASSICAL, HELLENISTIC, ROMAN PROVINCIAL,
AND ROMAN COINS
robert c. knapp
Conspectus of Coins 3
Introduction:Archaeonumismatics and Nemea 11
Catalogue of Coins,Part I 63
PART II
THE EARLY CHRISTIAN AND LATER COIN FINDS
FROM NEMEA
john d. mac isaac
Introduction 183
Catalogue of Coins,Part II 191
Index of Subjects,Ancient Sources,and Modern Scholars 239
Indices to the Catalogue 248
Index of Inventoried Coins 271

P R E F A C E A N D A C K N OW L E D G E M E N T S
I. This is the third volume in the series offinal pub- ican School (see Nemea I, 239 and n. 660). They
lications of the excavations at Nemea conducted by seem to have been stashed there for safekeeping in
the University of California,Berkeley.It consists of 1940 on the eve of the invasion of Greece during
a presentation and discussion ofthe coins discovered the Second World War.The coins,and the key to
at Nemea through 1995,when a new round of ma- the safe’s base,were long forgotten and seemed lost
jor excavations began to produce many additional until curiosity about the base forced its opening.
examples. The studies of Robert Knapp and John Hence,the record of Nemea numismatics was sud-
Mac Isaac had progressed so far on the previously denly re-enriched by 489 coins.
discovered material,and they had revealed so much The total number of coins in the Nemea inven-
information that furthers our knowledge ofNemea tory as of1995 was 4,092,but the careful reader will
and of ancient numismatics, that it was judged of note that only 3,181 are accounted for in the pages
greater importance to bring out the volume now that follow.This is because some coins were in such
rather than to wait several years for other coins to a condition that they cannot be identified and, in
be discovered,studied,and added to the publication. some cases,may not even be coins but rather tiny
This decision was made in the knowledge that new scraps ofbronze which seemed coinlike to the orig-
discoveries would augment,and perhaps modify,the inal excavator. In other cases modern, non-Greek
conclusions presented here,and that a second vol- coins have been omitted from this presentation,and
ume of coins might well be necessary. ancient coins brought to Nemea in recent years from
The coins presented here include not only those other sites have been included only if they seemed
discovered in the excavations at Nemea by the Uni- of special interest.
versity of California from 1973 to 1995, but also In addition to the American School,thanks are due
those discovered by the University of Cincinnati in to the Ministry ofCulture ofGreece and its Archaeo-
1924–1926,and by the American School of Clas- logical Service,especially the Nauplion Ephoreia of
sical Studies at Athens in 1935, 1936, 1962, and Antiquities.The spirit ofco-operation that has em-
1964.Thanks are due to both institutions for per- anated from so many individual members ofall those
mission to include those coins here. At the same institutions since the beginning of our work at Ne-
time,it must be acknowledged that the information mea in 1973 lies at the foundation of this and all
to be gained from them is somewhat lessened by the other publications from our excavations.This vol-
imprecision of some of the older records.Still,we ume had benefitted from the efforts of many indi-
can feel fortunate to have those coins in this publi- viduals:Gloria Bath,Frank Cope,Photis Demakis,
cation.This is especially so since the coins from the Diane Fortenberry, Jini Kim, Vivian Kim, Clarice
first excavations,although studied in the 1920’s (see Major, Effie Miller, Emily Munro, Nancy Muff,
the Selected Bibliography under Broe & Robinson Kelley Ono,Janet Rosario,and AthenaTrakadas have
and under Bellinger), had disappeared. They were helped in various ways and at various times during
rediscovered by the undersigned only in 1984 locked the preparation of Nemea III.
in the base of the safe of the Director of the Amer- The University of California Press and its suc-
ix