1. RΒΚ 4 (1984) p. 185, see entry Kommagene – Kilikien – Isaurien (F. Hild). 2. E. Honigmann’s identification of Irenopolis with Bagdacik, the ”little Irenopolis” (in contrast to the “great Irenopolis”), 25 km NE of Osmaniye on the way to Hasanbeyli, is false because the area is called Buğdaycik: Honigmann, Ε., “Νeronias – Irenopolis in Eastern Cilicia”, Byzantion 20 (1950) pp. 39 – 61. 3. Hist. Eccl. I.7. Seyrig underlines the concurrent existence of Irenopolis and Neronias in Cilicia and Palestine: Seyrig, H., “Irenopolis – Neronias – Sepphoris”, NC6 10 (1950) 284‑289, p. 288. 4. Τhe first to propose the connection of the name Neronias with a saint or bishop was Ramsay, W .M., “Antiquities of the Southern Phrygia and the Border Lands”, AJA 4 (1888) pp. 6-21, see particul. from p. 18 onwards. 5. Robert, L., Villes d’ Asie Mineure (Paris 1962) p. 320; Κarbach, F.B., “Die Münzprägung der Stadt Eirenopolis in Ostkilikien”, JNG 42-3 (1992-3) p. 85, n. 6. The assumption made by Honigmann that the city of Neronias was renamed “Irenopolis” between 357 and 395 BC is not widely accepted by recent research: Honigmann, E., “Νeronias – Irenopolis in Eastern Cilicia”, Byzantion 20 (1955) pp. 39-61. 6. Narcissus participated (as Νarcissus Neroniadis Ciliciae) in the councils of Ankara and Neocaesarea in 314 AD and Nicaea in 325 AD (as Νάρκισσος Νερωνιάδος and, wrongly under no. 93, as Νάρκισσος Ειρηνουπόλεως); he was included (as bishop of Irenopolis of Cilicia) in 341 in the catalogue of the Council of Antioch. 7. Irenopolis is reported in other sources too (e.g. Not. Dign. Or. XI.24; Hierocles, 705, 8; Not. Episc. I 822. The completed forms επίσκ(οπος) τ[ης Ιρηνοπ] όλ [εως] in the decree issued by Caesar Leo I, 457-474) CIG 8619 from Korykos is quite doubtful. 8. Κarbach justifies this view underlining that the chronology of the coins carrying the phrase (Ε)ΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ according to a local chronological system has no equivalent in western Cilicia and, unlike to anything believed until today, another case of metric values appearing on coins of eastern Cilicia is also known: Karbach, F.-B., “Die Münzprägung der Stadt Eirenopolis in Ostkilikien”, JNG 42-43 (1992-1993) 83-145, mainly 85-86. However, because the coins of Irenopolis might be the only known case in which a local chronological system is used by a city of western Cilicia, these views should not be taken for granted. 9. Three-assarion coins, coins valuing one and a half assarion, assarion, hemi-assarion: Κarbach, F.‑B., “Die Münzprägung der Stadt Eirenopolis in Ostkilikien”, JNG 42 ‑ 43 (1992‑3) pp. 83-145, mainly pp. 88‑89; Βurnett, A., Amandry, M., Ripollès, P., Roman Provincial Coinage 1 (London ‑ Paris 1992) pp. 257‑8. The coins issued in Nero’s years and attributed to the same city have now been attributed to Irenopolis – Neronias – Sepphoris: Βurnett, A., Amandry, M., Ripollès, P., Roman Provincial Coinage 1 (London – Paris 1992) pp. 561, 671, no. 4849‑50; Meshorer, Y., “Sepphoris and Rome”, in O. Mørkholm (ed), Greek Numismatics and Archaeology. Essays in Honour of Margaret Thompson (Wetteren 1979) pp. 159-171, pl. 18. For the initial attribution of these coins to the Cilician Irenopolis, see Seyrig, H., “Irenopolis – Neronias – Sepphoris”, NC6 10 (1950) pp. 284‑289, mainly p. 285; Seyrig, H., “Irenopolis – Neronias – Sepphoris, An Additional Note”, NC6 15 (1955) 157‑159, mainly p. 157. 10. Κarbach, F.-B., “Die Münzprägung der Stadt Eirenopolos in Ostkilikien”, JNG 42‑3 (1992‑3) pp. 83-145. 11. Κarbach, F.-B., “Die Münzprägung der Stadt Eirenopolis in Ostkilikien”, JNG 42 – C43 (1992-3) pp. 83–145, mainly p. 91. |