Abstract
Bu define, 1993 yılında, Kırklareli’ye 2 km. uzaklıktaki Asilbeyli Köyü’nde bulunmuştur. Asilbeyli köyünde bir define bulunduğu haberi üzerine, Müze Müdürü Sn. Zülküf YILMAZ tarafından bir kazı ve temizlik çalışması yapılmıştır. Muhtemelen bir çömlek içerisinde saklanmış olan define sikkeleri tarım yapılırken çömleğin kırılmasıyla ortalığa dağılmıştır. Kırklareli Müze Müdürlüğünün yaptığı kazı çalışması sonucunda, 500 civarında bronz sikke toplanmıştır(1). Bunlardan 305 adet sikke, 204-509 envanter numarasıyla envanterlik olarak işlem görmüştür. Definenin, yaklaşık 190 civarında olan sikkeleri ise, kondisyonlarının çok bozuk olması nedeniyle müze tarafından etütlük olarak tasnif edilmiştir. Biz burada, definenin envanterliğe ayrılmış kısmını, yani 305 sikkeyi tanıtabiliyoruz. Çünkü defineden geriye kalan ve müze tarafından etütlüğe ayrılmış olan diğer sikkeleri Kırklareli Müzesinde çalıştığımız zaman içinde görememiş ve üzerinde çalışma olanağı bulamamıştık(2). Ancak, Asilbeyli Definesini bizzat bulmuş ve müzeye taşımış olan, Kırkalareli Müze Müdürü Sn. Zülküf YILMAZ bu etütlük sikkelerin, 160-190 civarında olduğunu bize daha sonraları beyan etmiştir(3).
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Abstract
This hoard, found in 1993 in the village of Asilbeyli (district of Kırklareli) and kept in the Kırklareli Museum, consists of ca. five hundred bronze coins of the city of Lysimachia. We publish here not the entire hoard, but only the 305 coins which have been inventoried. These coins were struck in Lysimachia (Thrace) between 309 and 220 B.C. In SNG Copenhagen nine different groups of bronze coinage were proposed, arranged in decreasing order of size, among which our hoard includes coins from groups 3, 4, 7 and 8. Group 3 : on the obverse is depicted the head of Herakles in his youth, and on the reverse, Artemis holding a torch. All the coins bear the legend AYEIMAXEON. There are 28 coins from this group. Group 4 : on the obverse is depicted the veiled head of Demeter, and on the reverse, Nike holding a wreath. There are 21 coins from this group. Group 7 : on the obverse is depicted the head of Herakles in his youth, and on the reverse, Nike holding a wreath. There are 222 coins from this group. This hoard from Lysimachia at Asilbeyli of ca. 500 bronze conis is the largest hoard ever found from that city. The hoard is also remarkamle because it contains four different groups, and because half of the coins were overstruck twice, three time sor even four times. The overstruck coins all belong to Group 7. The overstrikes are more visible on conis from Groups 3 and 8, on which the previous types can be more clearly distinguished.
References
- Arslan 1998 Melih Arslan, “A Hoard of Bronze Coins of Lysimachia”. Stephanos nomismatikos, Edith Schönert-Geiss zum 65. Geburtstag/hrsg. von Ulrike Peter, (Berlin 1998): 77-82.
- Arslan 1999 Melih Arslan, “Lysimachia Kenti Bronz Definesi”. Belleten, C.LXIII, Sayı: 237, (Ankara 1999): 393-410.
- BMC Thrace B.V. Head & P. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum-Thrace (London 1877).
- Davis 1973 N. Davis & C.M. Kraay, The Hellenistic Kingdoms, Portrait Coins and History (Londra 1973).
- Erzen 1994 A. Erzen, İlkçağ Tarihinde Trakya (İstanbul 1994).
- HN B. V. Head, Historia Numorum A Manual of Greek Numismatics(Oxford 1911).
- Lindgren II H. Lindgren, Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints (San Mateo 1989).
- Lindgren III H. Lindgren, Ancient Greek Bronze Coins (Quarryville 1993).
- McClean S.W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum. 3 Vols. (Cambridge 1923- 1929).
- Sear II D.R.Sear, Greek Coins and Their Values, Vol II, Asia and North Africa (London1979).
- SNG Cop. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. The Tauric Chersonese-Thrace: Mesembria, Part II (Copenhagen 1942).
- Weber L. Forrer, The Weber Colection of Greek Coins. 3 vols. (London 1922-1929).
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Archaeology |
| Journal Section | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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| Publication Date | April 1, 2008 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2008 Volume: 72 Issue: 263 |
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