Search results for " Numismatica"
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Un tesoretto dimenticato da Himera: Nuovi dati sul ripostiglio IGCH 2258
2022
Due to the troubled events that accompanied its discovery, the hoard IGCH 2258 has been neglected by scientific studies. The recent examination conducted at the Coin Cabinet of the Museum “A. Salinas "in Palermo, where the complex is kept, and the analysis of the archive documentation of the Museum and Central Archives of the State of Rome allowed to clarify the composition of the complex and to provide more precise information on the place of discovery, allowing to exploit the informative potential of this hoard.
Depositi di valore e offerte ponderali per gli dei dalle aree sacre indigene della Sicilia
2021
The study analyzes five hoards from some indigenous centers of Sicily, paying particular attention above all to the methods of deposition and the context of discovery in order to advance reflections on their function and destination. Since these are complexes found in the vicinity or within sacred places, it is however possible to further circumscribe the interpretative possibilities. The scrap metal, in fact, as a form of accumulation of wealth, can act as a votive offering, probably cut to precise weight standards, or as a reserve of value of the sanctuary or even have the function of material used by foundries close to sacred places. Only the analysis of the context of discovery and the …
Iconografie religiose fenicie nelle emissioni di Melite (Malta)
2005
Unlike the Punic issues of Sicily, in which the Phoenician religious iconography plays only a marginal role, on the coins of the III-II century BC. J. C. of Melite, this theme is very present. The permanence of these themes in the monetary issues of peripheral and marginal areas, such as Melite, can be explained as a desire to preserve a cultural heritage and the relative religious identity, which resisted the political conquest of Rome (218 BC)
La numismatica nella Sicilia occidentale tra le due guerre
2017
L'articolo mette in rilievo alcuni aspetti inerenti la ricerca numismatica nella Sicilia occidentale, con particolare riferimento agli orientamenti degli studi, alle problematiche connesse ai rinvenimenti monetali e alla loro tutela tra il 1914, cioè l’inizio della Grande Guerra, e il 1945, la fine del secondo conflitto. Il fine è individuare le principali linee di ricerca verso cui si indirizzarono gli studi relativi alle emissioni o ai rinvenimenti monetali della Sicilia occidentale.
«Dichiarar li rovesci con li scrittori e li scrittori co’ rovesci». Monete e scrittura storica
2014
La ricerca numismatica maturata all'interno dell'antiquaria rinascimentale si propone come supporto non secondario alla storiografia in forza della sua oggettiva rappresentazione delle gesta del potere, che rendono la rappresentazione monetale assai più attendibile della scrittura
I Sicani nel IV secolo a.C.: osservazioni su alcuni ripostigli monetali degli inizi del IV sec. a.C.
2015
This contribution intends to compare the historical testimonies relating to the Sicanians in the 4th century BC with the data deriving from the analysis of the coins found in the sites of the hinterland of Sicily and, in particular, in those falling within the territory of the current province of Caltanissetta
Interazioni tra migranti e popolazioni locali nella Sicilia centrale del IV sec. a.C.
2017
The contribution concern the hinterland of Sicily in the 4th century BC, particularly the part delimited by the rivers Halykos and Himeras, inhabited by the Sicans since prehistoric times. The few testimonies of the historical sources about this population of anellenic origin for the given period are compared to the news derived from the analysis of numismatic documents found in the territory in the contest of 4th century BC. The analysis will allow to take account of the prevailing conservatism of these communities, despite interactions with the peninsular groups established in this part of the island in the second half of the 4th century a.C.
Gli Indigeni e la moneta. Rinvenimenti monetali e associazioni contestuali dai centri dell’entroterra siciliano
2012
The Sicilian hinterland and, in particular, the territory of the current province of Caltanissetta, during the archaeological investigations of the last sixty years, has returned a substantial monetary documentation. The analysis of these coins, conducted in parallel with that of the materials found in the relative archaeological contexts, has allowed us to draw significant considerations on the "monetary uses" of the anellenic populations of this part of Sicily. Despite, starting from the last twenty-five years of the fifth century a. C., coins spread more and more in this territory, it seems that these communities never fully understood the original structure of this exchange instrument a…
Osservazioni sulle emissioni di argento non frazionarie di Panormos e a legenda ṣyṣ nel V secolo a. C.
2021
The main objective of this study is to make observations about the modes of production of the 5th century BC non-fractional silver coinage with the Greek legend Panormos (and variants) and with Punic legend ṣyṣ. The reconstruction of the dies sequences published by G. Kenneth Jenkins in 1971 and its recent updates will be considered above all. Instead, the identification of the issuing authority and the mint of the coins with legend ṣyṣ through the origin and the meaning of the term ṣyṣ and through the analysis of the bilingual emissions ṣyṣ -Panormos takes on a secondary importance. In this regard, only the suggestions that emerge from the examination of the succession of dies are collecte…
Ripostigli di bronzi nella Sicilia di età arcaica. Contesti di rinvenimento, funzioni e aspetti ponderali
2012
The contribution analyzes the structure, composition and contexts of the archaic age bronze hoards found in the colonial and anellenic sites of Sicily. The particular frequency of hoards in sacred areas is evident, where they are consecrated to the chthonic divinities due to their intrinsic value, linked to their metallic nature and their notion of weight.