The Coins of Roman Tarsus: Discovering Economic and Political Networks through the Propagation of Civic and Cultural Identity on the Coins of Roman Ci

塔尔苏斯是西里西亚的省会，也是地中海东部领先的文化和商业中心。塔尔苏斯的硬币产量巨大而多样，包括罗马(公元前29年-公元268年)统治下的600多种不同类型的硬币，但这一地区多样化的文化、社会和经济的重要来源实际上仍然没有被开发出来。卡夫对罗马硬币的里程碑式的研究(1972)简要地提到了西里西亚，利用风格联系来展示小亚细亚地区模具生产的区域集中化。其他研究(冯·奥洛克1963；莱万特1985；卡尔巴赫1993；齐格勒1993)揭示了许多关于西里西亚及其行政史的信息，但没有揭示塔尔苏斯。塔尔苏斯的肖像学(Ziegler 1993)和塔尔苏斯硬币在锡利西亚以外的存在(Tek2016)只受到了短暂的关注，表明它们的变化、广泛的流通以及经济区的潜在存在。对模具、风格和馅饼的研究对于制定塔尔苏斯硬币的生产和评估作为原始材料的塔尔苏斯硬币至关重要，并理解塔尔苏斯及其周围地区的政治、经济和文化史。Watson(2019年)说明了一般生产模式对所有地区都不适用，有必要将造币厂作为地区研究的一部分进行检查，这对塔尔苏斯来说是突出的。

Tarsus was Cilicia's provincial capital and a leading cultural and commercial hub of the EasternMediterranean. Tarsus' coin output was large and diverse, comprising over 600 different types underRome (29 BC-AD 268), yet this important source for the region's diverse culture, society, and economyremains virtually untapped.Kraft's milestone study of Roman coinage (1972) briefly touched on Cilicia, utilising stylistic links todemonstrate regional centralisation of die production in Asia Minor. Other studies (von Aulock 1963;Levante 1985; Karbach 1993; Ziegler 1993) reveal much about Cilicia and its administrative history, butnot Tarsus. Tarsus' iconography (Ziegler 1993) and the presence of Tarsus' coinage outside Cilicia (Tek2016) have only received brief attention, indicating their variation, wide circulation, and the potentialexistence of an economic zone.The study of dies, styles, and flans is essential to formulating Tarsus' coin production and evaluating thecoins as source material, and to understanding the political, economic, and cultural history of Tarsus andthe surrounding area. Watson (2019) illustrated the inapplicability of a general production model for allregions, necessitating examination of mints as part of a regional study, outstanding for Tarsus.