دراسة تحليلية للرموز الفنية و دلالاتها على عملات جزيرة كريت من (450-270 ق. م)‎ : نماذج مختارة

Abstract EN

The history of ancient Greece is one of the most important stages of human history.

It is the eternal cultural contribution of this history, which is still present in our ancient and contemporary culture, especially in the fields of political thought, philosophy, literature and economics, the most important of which is the technique of money and its implications.

The study of the coins of the island of Crete is important because it reflects the subjects that were engraved on Greek coins, including the richness of Greek society and its great cultural diversity.

Each piece of coins that we are dealing with (Stater) Crete has pictures of local goddesses or symbols representing cities or islands and often have religious significance and knew These images are called (Parlents) any logos where once he takes a quick look at them immediately tell us the name of the city that belongs to them.

They were usually associated with the mythological establishment of the city or other natural elements.

Latin words were also engraved on the coins of the cities of Crete with little and followed the prevailing monetary system in ancient Greek countries such as the Athenians, Corinth, Athens, and Syracuse.

The importance of these silver coins for the island of Crete and its cities (Gortyn, Knossos, Asparta, Ephesus) and the importance of this money circulation in it completes the information circle about this island in the ancient Greek country and integrates its information with what is mentioned in the sources History House of about hitting these cities, and this task Alstatirat which perpetuate Tllk important historical events that have passed the island of Crete.

Hence, these (silver coins -staters) represent a historical document that does not accept suspicion.

Money is more precious than the people and places I have represented, so it can bring back to our imagination vivid images of empires and nations that have lived, developed and been destroyed for a long time by the images and inscriptions engraved on them.

That is why ancient Greek coins are an important source of ancient history.