Dr ANDREAS KROPP andreas.kropp@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant
Kropp, Andreas
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Abstract
This article looks at the work of die engravers who worked for multiple mints of Roman tetradrachms, a phenomenon known as engraver-sharing. Building on art-historical methods developed in other areas of ancient art and adapting them to suit this particular genre, the hands of individual engravers are, for the first time, identified and their work is traced across different mints in the southern Levant. These identifications provide important evidence for mint attributions and elucidate how engravers organized their work at the mints, thus providing a first glimpse of the tetradrachm manufacturing process.
Citation
Kropp, A. (2025). Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant. Levant, 57, https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2025.2498858
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 4, 2025 |
Online Publication Date | May 20, 2025 |
Publication Date | May 20, 2025 |
Deposit Date | Jun 16, 2025 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 17, 2025 |
Journal | Levant |
Print ISSN | 0075-8914 |
Electronic ISSN | 1756-3801 |
Publisher | Maney Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 57 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2025.2498858 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/50439900 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00758914.2025.2498858 |
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