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1. Poklad z Bezuchova jako významný pramen pro moravské peněžní dějiny 13. století

Creator:
Grossmannová, Dagmar
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Article
Subject:
coinage, treasure, discovery, 13th century, Moravia, Auxiliary Historical Sciences, and History
Language:
Czech
Description:
The coinage treasure was found in Bezuchov in 1855. It contained altogether 952 coins from the period of the reign of Ottokar II of Bohemia (1253–1278). These were mainly small Moravian bracteates and pfennig-type denarii dated to the period of the end of the 60s and 70s of the 13th century, while few foreign coins were mixed into it. In the same year, the treasure was purchased for Francis Museum (today Moravian Museum), where it has been stored in a modified composition until the present day.
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2. The coinage of king Areus i revisited: uses of the past in Spartan coins

Creator:
Pagkalos, Manolis E.
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Article
Subject:
Hellenistic Sparta, Areus, Alexanders, Ptolemaic Dynasty, coinage, use of past, memory, and Classical Studies
Language:
English
Description:
For many years, scholars describe king Areus I as the monarch who followed the Hellenistic model of ruling. He was the only one of the two Spartan kings mentioned by name at the Chremonidean Decree and he issued Sparta's first silver coins, which bore inscription with his name. These changes are implemented in a period during which Sparta is nowhere near its former glorious self. I will argue that during the early Hellenistic period, an era of major political, cultural and social changes, the past is used as a prominent political instrument more than ever. As new structures of power and political organisation rise, the status quo of the city-states of Classical Greece is transformed. The past always occupied a specific role in the history of the polis throughout the Archaic and Classical periods as civic identity was authenticated by more or less exclusive local myths. However, now the past is urgently needed to be rewritten as it possesses the potential to reshape contemporary worldviews. Areus I initiatives brought Sparta again at the forefront of the Hellenistic world and were the result of the mentality of Hegemony built in Sparta through a long history of hegemonial presence both in Peloponnesos and Greece. This paper aims (a) to assess the use of the past during the reign of Areus I of Sparta (r. 309–265) and (b) to highlight the dynamics of the active manipulation of the past as political tool by evaluating the iconographic choices on the first example of Spartan silver coinage.
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