A gold coin of the Roman emperor Anthemius (467–472 AD) from Črnomelj (original) (raw)
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC SYMPOSIUM , 2018
The subjects of our research were Roman provincial coins from the Viminacium mint, found in the area of present-day Slovenia. To date 443 Roman provincial coins have been found and most of them are from the Viminacium mint, as their share reaches up to almost 40%. Coins from the provincial mint in Viminacium have been documented at 33 sites, particularly situated along the two major traffic arteries. The first led from Savaria to Poetovio, Celeia, Emona, and further towards Aquileia. The second led from Siscia to Emona via Neviodunum. As part of the research, we examined the distribution of coins from the Viminacium mint in the area of present-day Slovenia, their relationships to contemporary coins from the imperial mints, and made comparisons with distribution at other sites, especially in the Roman provinces of Dacia and Moesia.
Until recently, finds of Roman provincial coins on the territory of Ukraine were rare (no more than thirty coins). But in recent years, situation has radically changed, due to the active use of metal detectors. Today, we can talk about several hundreds, or even thousands, finds of Roman provincial coins, most dated into the 3rd century AD and minted in the cities of the Balkan provinces. All of them are found in the area of the Chernyakhiv Culture (mainly between the middle reaches of Dnieper and the middle reaches of Dniester), which is associated with Gothic tribes. Inflow of these coins is associated with the events of the mid 3rd century AD exclusively, namely – with participation of the local barbarian population in the Gothic wars. Although the majority of coins originate from Viminacium and Provincia Dacia, among finds there is also a large number of coins from other cities of the Balkan provinces. The largest number includes coins of Marcianopolis, Filippopolis, Deultum, Anchial and Nicopolis ad Istrum. On one side, statistics of these finds draw a picture of their circulation in the Balkans. However, on the other hand, finds of such coins make it possible to clarify certain events of the Gothic wars, which are known in written sources and from archaeological research. In addition, today we can already say that the finds of Roman provincial coins, together with other categories of Roman coins and finds from the 3rd century AD, represent the early horizon of Chernyakhiv Culture.
The sixth consecutive volume of the catalogue of the collection of ancient coins in the Ossoliński National Institute appeared after a twelve-year long break and thirty years after the publication of the first volume. It gathers the Roman Imperial coins from years 193-235 represented in the collection. There are 302 coins catalogued, including official, unofficial and imitative coins, as well as modern coins in the Severan type. Metallurgical analyses of seven coins are reported and interpreted in the annexes by three different Authors. Two of these coin are East Germanic imitations of aurei. One of them is the runic imitation of aureus of Severus Alexander presented in the seperate paper accessible in Academia.edu. The history of the collection (dating back to 1828) and the individual coins is reconstructed thanks to the research started with the archival queries to my PhD thesis in 2008 and continued until now. There are high quality illustrations on the Tables: photos of coins are in colour and on coated paper.
A scattered hoard of Roman coins in the territory of Serbia (unknown site 2)
Numizmatičar, 2021
The scattered hoard of coins from an unknown site in the territory of Serbia consists of 17 antoniniani spanning the period from Philip I to Volusianus. The preserved number of specimens and the composition of the hoard do not enable us to determine the date when it was deposited. The unknown discovery location presents an additional difficulty, because there is no possibility to connect it with other well documented hoards from this territory. For these reasons, the scattered hoard, marked as Unknown Site 2, cannot be viewed as a reliable historical source, except for the fact that it testified about the existence of one more monetary find and contributed to information about the coins in circulation in the middle of the 3 rd century.
Coin Circulation in the Balkans in Late Antiquity
The archaeological work undertaken on late Roman and early Byzantine sites in the Balkans has revolutionized our knowledge of this part of the world in late antiquity. How these sites are dated is obviously important as, without accurate and reliable dating, it is difficult to understand how they fit into the wider historical narrative. This paper takes the coins excavated at Dichin as its starting point and, by careful analysis, proposes a general dating scheme for the two phases of occupation at the settlement. The lack of coins struck during the years 474–518 is a notable feature of the assemblage from Dichin, a pattern that is repeated at most sites in the region where coins of the emperor Zeno are particularly rare. In the past this gap in a site’s list of coins has been interpreted as evidence for the abandonment of a settlement or its occupation by a non-Roman population. However, by looking at both site finds and hoards from the region, this paper proposes that these explanations need revising as they are based on a numismatic mirage rather than archaeological fact.