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Coins, States, Rulers in Ancient Anatolia
The Voyvoda Street Lectures host Prof. Oğuz Tekin at Objects and Rituals, this month, with a presentation entitled, "Coins, States, Rulers: The Political, Cultural and Economic Role of Money in Ancient Anatolia," in which Tekin gives examples of the earliest coins in Anatolia and discusses the measures states and rulers took to meet their monetary needs. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, November 22, at 6:30 p.m.
Complementing his lecture with various visual materials, Prof. Tekin will retrace the development of metal money in Anatolia, and consider as well the stance adopted by governments regarding commodity money, the function of the writings and pictures on coins and the effect of religion on such inscriptions and emblems.
Prof. Oğuz Tekin
After studying classical archeology at Istanbul University, Tekin joined the Department of Ancient History at the same university as a researcher. In 1987, he obtained his MA with a dissertation entitled, "Coins Found during Excavations at Perge," and in 1991, his Ph.D. with a doctoral thesis entitled, "Coins of Aspendos." He became associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 1999. Tekin conducts research on coins excavated from various archeological sites in Turkey as well as on coins in Turkish museums. He is the author of a number of publications on the topic of numismatics, and currently a member of the faculty in the Department of Ancient History at Istanbul University, where he gives courses in ancient history and ancient numismatics.
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Voyvoda Street
Objects and Rituals Lectures
"Coins, States, Rulers: The Political, Cutural and Economic Role of Money in Ancient Anatolia,"
Prof. Oğuz Tekin
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Free admission
The Ottoman Bank Museum
Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi 35/37
(0212) 334 22 70
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