Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus

Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus

This article examines the use of numismatic iconography by the British colonial administration of Cyprus in order, initially, to legitimise its possession of the island and, subsequently, to promote an Eteocypriot, an "authentic Cypriot", identity as counter-poison against Greek nationalis...

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Main Author: Miltiades Hatzopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Neohellenic Research 2006-01-01
Series:Historical Review
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/3971
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spelling doaj-0186656faa524b4ca6dfe8310ea4c2502020-11-24T21:21:31ZengInstitute for Neohellenic Research Historical Review1790-35721791-76032006-01-012018520210.12681/hr.1893321Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of CyprusMiltiades Hatzopoulos0Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity (KERA)/ NHRFThis article examines the use of numismatic iconography by the British colonial administration of Cyprus in order, initially, to legitimise its possession of the island and, subsequently, to promote an Eteocypriot, an "authentic Cypriot", identity as counter-poison against Greek nationalism. In this endeavour of social engineering, archaeological items and other symbols from Cyprus' past played a prominent part. The outbreak of the Cypriot guerrilla war for union with Greece in 1955 highlighted the bankruptcy of this operation. Nevertheless, British efforts to evade Cyprus' overwhelmingly Greek past - and present - continued unabated, even after the formal recognition of the island's independence.https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/3971
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Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus
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title Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus
title_short Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus
title_full Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus
title_fullStr Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus
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title_sort cypriot archaelogy, modern numismatics and social engineering: the iconography of the british coinage of cyprus
publisher Institute for Neohellenic Research
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publishDate 2006-01-01
description This article examines the use of numismatic iconography by the British colonial administration of Cyprus in order, initially, to legitimise its possession of the island and, subsequently, to promote an Eteocypriot, an "authentic Cypriot", identity as counter-poison against Greek nationalism. In this endeavour of social engineering, archaeological items and other symbols from Cyprus' past played a prominent part. The outbreak of the Cypriot guerrilla war for union with Greece in 1955 highlighted the bankruptcy of this operation. Nevertheless, British efforts to evade Cyprus' overwhelmingly Greek past - and present - continued unabated, even after the formal recognition of the island's independence.
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