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Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant (2025)
Journal Article
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

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 par... Read More about Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant.

Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
Kropp, A. (2025). Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence. In Reimagining the Silk Roads: Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia (65-78). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003348702

Under Roman hegemony over the Near East, the oasis city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert rose quickly from obscurity to opulence and established itself a ‘caravan’ city, a vital hub for long-distance trade between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranea... Read More about Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence.

Syria (2024)
Book Chapter
KROPP, A. (2024). Syria. In B. Burrell (Ed.), A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire. Volume 2 ( 606-631). Wiley

Kingdoms and Principalities (2021)
Book Chapter
Kropp, A. (2022). Kingdoms and Principalities. In T. Kaizer (Ed.), A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman Near East (365-377). Wiley

The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos (2021)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2021). The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos. Numismatic Chronicle, 181, 115-127

This article discusses new attributions for three types of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla, each depicting a different kind of altar as a mint-mark. Generally attributed to Byblos, an obverse die link now suggests that they were made at the... Read More about The tetradrachm mint of Neapolis (Samaria): new attributions and the end of the phantom mint of Byblos.

Tripolis and Orthosia tetradrachms of Caracalla: Attribution and analysis of ‘pilei’ and ‘idol’ tetradrachms (2021)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2021). Tripolis and Orthosia tetradrachms of Caracalla: Attribution and analysis of ‘pilei’ and ‘idol’ tetradrachms. Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie, 156, 143-189

This article discusses two groups of Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms of Caracalla generally attributed to Ptolemais in Phoenicia, one with mintmarks depicting the caps of the Dioscuri (pilei), the other a local cult image. Based on a close examination o... Read More about Tripolis and Orthosia tetradrachms of Caracalla: Attribution and analysis of ‘pilei’ and ‘idol’ tetradrachms.

A Roman altar on Mount Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria) (2021)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. J. M. (2021). A Roman altar on Mount Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria). Journal of Roman Archaeology, 34(1), 220-236. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759421000106

This article examines the iconography of a type of Caracalla tetradrachm that has been newly attributed to Neapolis in Roman Palestine and whose reverse depicts a monumental altar decorated with statues of Tyche, Ephesian Artemis, and Kore Persephone... Read More about A Roman altar on Mount Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria).

The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria (2016)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2016). The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 29, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S104775940007210X

The sculpture of Roman Syria is a mighty tree with roots so deep and branches so far-flung that they have defied all attempts at systematic and comprehensive study. This article deals with one of these branches of artistic traditions, a series of unu... Read More about The Aphrodite of Emesa: miniature marble sculpture and religious life in Roman Syria.

The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage. (2015)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2015). The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage. https://doi.org/10.1628/219944615X14296073073575

This contribution deals with images of Tyche on the civic bronze coinage of the Roman colony of Berytus (Beirut). The visual type of this local patron goddess, a hybrid composition drawing on a variety of iconographic sources, was created in the late... Read More about The Tyche of Berytus: a Phoenician goddess on civic coinage..