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，也是地中海东部的主要文化和商业中心。塔尔苏斯的硬币产量庞大而多样，在罗马统治时期（公元前29年至公元268年）有超过600种不同的硬币，但这一地区多元文化、社会和经济的重要来源实际上仍未得到开发。克拉夫特对罗马硬币的里程碑式研究（1972年）简要地触及了西里西亚，利用风格上的联系来证明小亚细亚模具生产的区域集中化。其他研究（von Aulock，1963;Levante，1985;卡尔巴赫，1993;齐格勒，1993）揭示了西里西亚及其行政历史的许多情况，但没有揭示塔尔苏斯的情况。塔尔苏斯图像学（齐格勒1993）和塔尔苏斯的硬币在西里西亚以外的存在（泰克2016）只得到了短暂的关注，表明它们的变化，广泛的流通，以及经济区的潜在存在。模具，风格和法兰的研究对于制定塔尔苏斯的硬币生产和评估硬币作为源材料，以及了解政治，经济，以及塔尔苏斯及其周边地区的文化历史。沃森（2019）举例说明了通用生产模型对所有地区的不适用性，需要将薄荷作为区域研究的一部分进行检查，特别是塔尔苏斯。

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.