Notes on Timarchos’ Iconography: Dioscuri Type
Notes on Timarchos’ Iconography: Dioscuri Type
Author(s): Svyatoslav SMIRNOVSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Military history, Ancient World
Published by: Instytut Historii UwS
Keywords: Seleukids; Timarchos; iconography; Hellenism; Dioscuri; numismatics;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the iconography of Timarchos’ ‘Dioscuri coinage’. The remarkable feature of these coins isthat this coin type is nearly to be identical to that one of Greco-Bactrian king Eukratides I. The analysis of the stylisticsshows the peculiar way of Timarchos’ iconography. Additionally, the ‘Dioscuri motif’ could have stressed the partnershipbetween two rulers.
Journal: Historia i Świat
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 15-20
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English