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Bekircan Tahberer

  • Numismatist-historian
  • Historian of medicine
  • Certified translator
  • Author of “We Are Learning Turkish”

The works of a researcher who reads the small bronze coins of Adana's soil as historical documents — free and open to everyone. No sales, no ads, no cookies; only a body of work reaching from Cilicia to the world, and the respect it deserves.

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Four tabs, one curiosity

Four currents run through Bekircan Tahberer's work. Coins are first of all works of art to him: gods, temples and rivers fitted into a space two centimetres wide. Then comes numismatics — the science of the coin, with its mints, monograms, weights and find-spots. Asklepios, his serpent staff and his temples on the coins lead to the history of medicine. And at every step stands a question of ethics: ancient forgery, treasure hunting, the language in which science is written, whose eyes history is written through.

This site separates those four currents into four tabs, but leaves a door open to the others on every page — because the real work is the bond between them.

Bronze of Adana — turreted Tyche on the obverse, horse with the legend ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ on the reverse. From SNG Tahberer – Cilicia, Part 1 (the author's own collection and photograph)
Bronze of Adana — turreted Tyche on the obverse, horse with the legend ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ on the reverse. From SNG Tahberer – Cilicia, Part 1 (the author's own collection and photograph) — Academia.edu — SNG Tahberer, Cilicia Part 1 (© Bekircan Tahberer — with permission)

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01 ArtFrom coin to art: the Sandan Art studio, museum exhibitions, architecture, music and myth on coins.24 works 02 NumismaticsThe Cilician mints, SNG Tahberer, hoard finds and unpublished coins.91 works 03 History of MedicineThe cult of Asklepios, the temple at Aigeai and coins as sources for medical history.5 works 04 EthicsForgery, treasure hunting, the language of science and a critical eye on historiography.9 works
  • 103works in the Academia archive
  • 4books
  • 36papers
  • 56talks and presentations
  • ~1,500coins in SNG Tahberer
  • 4volumes of Turkish textbook

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