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Anazarbos and the Tarkondimotid kings of Kilikia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Nicholas L. Wright
Nicholas L. Wright
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Macquarie University
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Abstract

In the first century BC, the Tarkondimotidai, an indigenous dynasty ruling over Mount Amanos and the Pyramos basin, were officially recognised as kings by the Roman triumvir Mark Antony. The dynasty weathered the transformation from the Roman Republic to Principate and continued to rule until AD 17. Since the days of Barclay Head, it has been accepted that only two members of the dynasty issued coinage and that the royal mint was located at the kingdom's supposed capital Hieropolis-Kastabala. This paper attempts to fix the identity of the Tarkondimotid monarch who issued a series of regal bronzes in the name of ‘King Philopator’. In the process, it is shown that the location of the royal mint should be moved to the city of Anazarbos, away from Hieropolis which may never have been incorporated directly within the kingdom.

Özet

MÖ 1. yüzyılda Amanos Dağları ve Pyramos Havzasını yöneten yerli Tarkondimotos sülalesi, Romalı triumvir Mark Antonius tarafından resmen kral sülalesi olarak tanınmıştır. Sülale, Roma Cumhuriyet döneminden Principatus dönemine geçişi sorunsuz yaşamış ve MS 17 yılına kadar tahta kalmıştır. Barclay Head'in çalışmalarından bu yana sülaleden sadece iki kişinin para bastırdığı, kraliyet darphanesinin de krallığın olası başkenti olan Hieropolis-Kastabala'da olduğu kabul edilmiştir. Bu makalede Tarkondimotos sülalesinden ‘Kral Philopator’ adıyla bir dizi resmi bronz sikke bastıran kralın kimliği araştırılmaktadır. Bunu yaparken kraliyet darphanesinin de, belki de hiçbir zaman doğrudan kraliyet sınırları içinde yer almamış olan Hieropolis'ten uzakta, Anazarbos kentinde olması gerektiği gösterilmektedir.

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Research Article
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Anatolian Studies , Volume 58 , December 2008 , pp. 115 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2008

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