Dans le Cabinet de me ´dailles de Syracuse est conserve ´un lot de ''vingt plaquettes d'argent carre ´es'', pre ´leve ´es et achete ´es en 1926 par Paolo Orsi, a `partir d'''une bonne centaine'', qu'un antiquaire lui avait propose ´en assurant la provenance de Marsala (Trapani). Il s'agit de dirhams islamiques d'argent, anonymes et carre ´s, e ´mis par les Almohades en Espagne, et en Afrique du Nord, entre la premie `re moitie ´du XII e sie `cle et la seconde moitie ´du XIII e sie `cle (1147-1269), et imitations frappe ´es dans des nombreux ateliers de l'Europe me ´ridionale (surtout en Espagne, mais aussi en France et en Italie) pour les e ´changes commerciaux avec le monde islamique. En particulier, les vingt exemplaires qui font l'objet de ce travail, pourraient tous vraisemblablement appartenir a `cette dernie `re typologie, malgre ´les apories concernant le poids, et les dimensions de certains spe ´cimens.
The Archaeological Museum of Syracuse keeps an interesting lot of twenty square silver coins taken and purchased in 1926 by Paolo Orsi from ''a good hundred'' by an antique dealer that had presented them as discovered in Marsala (Trapani). These are anonymous Islamic silver dirhams with a particular square shape, issued by the Almohads in Spain and North Africa, between the mid-12 th and the second half of the 13 th century (1147-1269), and imitations struck in numerous mints of southern Europe (mostly in Spain, but also in France and Italy) to be used for trading with the Islamic world. In particular, the twenty specimens being studied in this work could all probably belong to this last typology, despite several discrepancies found on the weight and dimensions of some coins.
Un lotto di monete quadrate nel Medagliere di Siracusa
Santangelo S
2020
Abstract
The Archaeological Museum of Syracuse keeps an interesting lot of twenty square silver coins taken and purchased in 1926 by Paolo Orsi from ''a good hundred'' by an antique dealer that had presented them as discovered in Marsala (Trapani). These are anonymous Islamic silver dirhams with a particular square shape, issued by the Almohads in Spain and North Africa, between the mid-12 th and the second half of the 13 th century (1147-1269), and imitations struck in numerous mints of southern Europe (mostly in Spain, but also in France and Italy) to be used for trading with the Islamic world. In particular, the twenty specimens being studied in this work could all probably belong to this last typology, despite several discrepancies found on the weight and dimensions of some coins.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
