Ἀργύριον Ἀττικόν
Ἀργύριον Ἀττικόν
Νέα Θησαυρικὰ δεδομένα γιὰ τὴ χρονολόγηση τῆς Ἀθηναϊκῆς Νομισματοκοπίας κατὰ τὸν 5ο π.Χ. αἰ.
Ἰωάννηι Ν. Σβορώνωι μνήμης χάριν
New Hoard evidence for the Chronology of 5th century BC Athenian Coinage
in memory of Ioannis N. Svoronos (1863-1922)
December 6, 2022
Museum of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Tholou 5, Plaka
Athens, Greece
10.00-12.00 (Athens / Greece time):
Walking the Walls of Athens with Annita Theocharaki and Leda Kotsaki
14.00-19.00 (Athens / Greece time):
Program
The first scholar to attempt a systematic study of Athenian coinage was Ioannis N. Svoronos, director of the Numismatic Museum of Athens from 1889, and Professor of Numismatics and Metrology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens between 1918 and 1920. The author of 151 books and articles, editor of the Journal International d’Archéologie Numismatique, and a scholar of international reputation, Ioannis N. Svoronos remains one of the most remarkable figures in Ancient Greek Numismatics during the past two centuries. Ioannis N. Svoronos died in 1922, this annus horribilis for Greece and his family. Some months after his death, his masterpiece – one among many – Monnaies d’Athènes was published in two volumes by Behrendt Pick, keeper of the Gotha Numismatic collection. A century after the death of this giant of Greek Numismatics, and after the publication of his monumental work’, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in conjunction with American Numismatic Society pays tribute to Professor Ioannis N. Svoronos, the proud Greek liberal and follower of Eleutherios Venizelos, who was the first to teach Greek Numismatics in Greece and show to the world the potential of Greek scholars. Over the last decades, research about hoards in the fifth century BCE has grown as more of these hoards, some containing many thousands of coins, have appeared. At the same time, our understanding of the Athenian arche, in particular the Pentekontaetia, has dramatically changed, as historians and epigraphists have begun to re-examine this period. The conference will bring together specialists, who are all currently working on publishing some of the new (and not so new) hoards.
Program
Section 1: Olivier Picard (presiding)
Ioannis N. Svoronos by Vangelis Karamanolakis
Status quaestionis by Sophia D. Kremydi
1. Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert: “The Sparadokos Hoard”
2. Christos Gatzolis, Selene Psoma: “The Methone/ Pieria 2006 Hoard”
Section 2: Edward M. Harris (presiding)
3. Jonathan Kagan: “Redating the Jordan Hoard, the Syrian Hoard and the Black Sea Hoard (IGCH 1482, 1483 and CH I 115) with the Help of Lycian Coins”
4. George Kakavas: “Hoards of Athenian Coins from the Numismatic Museum”,
5. Jack Kroll: “The Eretria hoard (CH IX 11)”
Section 3: Dimitris Portolos (presiding)
6. Peter van Alfen: “The Northern Syria 2007 Hoard”
7. Ute Wartenberg: “The Karkemish hoard”
8. Koray Konuk: “The Elmali, Lycia Hoard (CH VIII 48)”
Discussion
