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Tytuł:

A Celtic Stater of the Krakow Type from the Opatów Area (Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.a.03

Abstrakt: The paper discusses a new find of a Krakow type Celtic stater. The coin was discovered accidentally in the Opatów area (Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship). The specimen represents variant II: C/4 according to Marcin Rudnicki, although the weakly preserved motifs visible on the obverse show some differences compared to the reference variant. The reverse bears traces of die repair. A high content of silver indicates a relatively late chronological position of the Opatów find. The discussed coin is the twentieth known stater of the Krakow type.

Tytuł:

The Temple on the Coins of Bar Kokhba – a Manifestation of Longing or a Political Programme? A Few Remarks

DOI
https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.a.02

Abstrakt: The article is an attempt to answer the question of whether the building on coins issued during the Bar Kokhba revolt, usually interpreted as the Temple in Jerusalem, was a testimony of the control of Jerusalem by the rebels or a manifestation of the political programme of the revolt. This meant that perhaps also worship on the Temple Mount was resumed. The image of the building itself is analysed against a comparative background composed of other sacred buildings shown on earlier Jewish coins, in particular those coming from the period of the First Jewish War with Rome. Coins from other areas where similar buildings are represented were also used as comparative material. Consequently, the answer to the basic question of whether the possible Temple on Bar Kokhba coins was a confirmation of the historical fact of taking power over the Jewish capital or was it only a manifestation of longing – firstly after the loss of the Temple in 70, and secondly after the restoration of Jerusalem as the spiritual and political centre of the Chosen Nation – clearly leads to the second conclusion.

Tytuł:

On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander’s Elephant Medallions

DOI
https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.a.01

Abstrakt: The elephant medallions associated with the reign of Alexander the Great continue to cause controversy. A recent attempt to remove the elephant/chariot type from this corpus is based upon the die axes of three known specimens. This conclusion is false on both methodological grounds and the existence of a fourth specimen. The elephant/chariot type should not be excluded from the corpus of these medallions.

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Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie jest instytucją kultury z przeszło 140-letnią tradycją. Zbiory, nad którymi sprawujemy pieczę, liczą ponad milion eksponatów, a naszą misją jest upowszechnianie sztuki polskiej i zagranicznej. Zatrudniamy obecnie prawie 600 pracowników w kilkunastu oddziałach zlokalizowanych w Krakowie oraz w Zakopanem.