Portraiture and the Persians

Kenneth Sheedy

Portraiture and the Persians

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Abstract

The purpose of this brief paper is to consider the relationship between the choice of coin types to represent the authority of the Persian king and his officials, and the emergence of portraiture on coins during the fourth century BC. It reflects the recent work of a number of scholars, and is intended simply as an expression of some thoughts (not all conventional) on the background to the royal coinages of the Hellenistic period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-125
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia
Volume	17
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	Numismatic Association of Australia Conference (NAAC2005) - Sydney Duration: 25 Nov 2005 → 27 Nov 2005

Keywords

Persian coinage
Greek numismatic protraiture
classical Greek coinage

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