Coins of Pisidia Antiokheia in the Antalya Museum

Abstract

Antiocheia of Pisidia was founded by Seleucus
I., king of the Seleucid Empire, or by his son Antiochus.
Its main importance was reached under the Roman Emperor Augustus, after being colonized in 25 B.C. under
the name “Colonia Caesarea Antiochia”. Coins were
minted in Antiocheia in the Hellenistic Period with autonomous coins dated to the IInd and Istcentury B.C. and
continued to be struck until the Period of Claudius Gothicus II. One hundred and forty one coins of Antiocheia
of Pisidia in the coin collection of the Antalya Museum,
were evaluated in two groups, “Hellenistic Period” and
“Roman Period Colonial Coins”. Then, typologies were
created, taking into account the descriptions and legends
on the reverse were collected and examined under three
main headings: Roman Imperial, Local and Colonial
Types. Thus, from the coins struck, the attempt has been
made to understand how the city changed and transformed in social, religious, political, historical and military fields over time. Accordingly, the reflection of Roman Imperial policy and religion on coin types and the
traces of the Hellenistic cultural tradition were followed
through the representations struck on these coins, and
traces of the colonization movements of the Roman Empire in local cultures were followed.