Monetary liturgy at Cyrene in the IV BC.

Abstract

the names of the persons seen in the Greek coins were related to magistrates charged of coin production in different “polis”. This article presents a synthesis of a PhD research in Archeology and History and it is aimed at discussing the role the aristocrats had in striking coins in Cyrene during the classical period. It was possible due to crossing numismatic and epigraphic sources and also the historical and archeological context in which the coins were made. Irregularities in the analysis of die links, that show emissions contemporaneity, point that these names do not follow a succession of magistrates charged at regular intervals and reinforce the hypothesis that these are related to people who donated metal for the monetary production of the “polis”.