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DOI Artikel:Bursche, Aleksander: Roman coinage from januszowice settlement in North Małopolska
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Eleven seasons of excavations and two field-walking surveys of the Jaku-
szowice settlement yielded a total of 109 Roman coins3. So far this is the
most numerous series of Roman coins recovered from a settlement situ-
ated in Central European Barbaricum4. The remarkable dimension of the
finds is also indicated by the unusual assortment of issues.
The majority of coins were recovered during two rounds of surface
investigation - four days each - made using latest generation metal detec-
tors5. The remainder, if found in archaeological context, rested in layers
or context dating to Late Roman and Early Migration periods which, in
terms of absolute chronology, corresponds approximately to the period
from the 3rd until mid-5th century AD.
Except in one case6 all coins were separate finds, occasionally forming
quite distinct concentrations. Beside 101 denarii other coin finds from
Jakuszowice included two Faustina II as, two aes: a Caracalla from Cesarea
in Cappadocia and a Trebonianus Callus from Viminacium, antoninians:
Claudius II and Tetricus, and a Valens centenionalis. The coins were typi-
express my gratitude to Professor Kazimierz Godłowski, Dr. hab. Piotr Kaczanowski and
Dr. Judyta Rodzińska-Nowak for letting me examine the coins from Jakuszowice.
Preliminary information on antique coin finds from Jakuszowice - cf. L. Morawiecki,
O niektórych znaleziskach monet antycznych na terenie Polski, Wiadomości Numizmatyczne,
28:1984, pp. 21-23 (11 coins from the first two seasons of research): Godlowski, Jakuszowice
- a multi period settlement, op. cit., pp. 670-672; idem, Das „Fürstengrab”, op. cit., pp. 158-
159, A. Kunisz, Stan badań nad problematyką pieniądza rzymskiego na ziemiach polskich,
in: Białoruś, Litwa, Polska, Ukraina. Wspólne Dzieje Pieniądza, Supraśl 20-22 X 1994, Materiały I
Międzynarodowej Konferencji Numizmatycznej (ed. K. Filipow), Warszawa 1996, pp. 41-44.
4 Only Gudme and Lundeborg in Fyn registered a larger number of coins - cf. A. Kro-
mami, Die römischen Münzen von Gudme, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 21:1987, pp. 61-73,
eadem, Recent Roman coin finds from Denmark, Proceedings of the 10th International Con-
gress of Numismatics, London, September 1986 (ed. I. A. Carradice), Wetteren 1989, pp. 266-
273, eadem, Recent Roman coins finds from Denmark, Supplement to Breitenstein and
Balling, Nordisk Numismatisk Arsskrift 1983-4 (1990), pp. 74-100, eadem, Mpnterne fra
Lundeborg, Arborg for Svenborg & Omegns Museum 1990, pp. 48-58; eadem, Gudme and
Lundeborg - the coins, The Archaeology of Gudme and Lundeborg. Papers presented at a
Conference at Svendborg October 1991. Arkaeologiske Studier, 10, Ko'benhavn 1994, pp. 64—
67. The remarkably thorough investigation of Feddersen Wierde produced only 34 coins
(FMRD VII, 4—9: Niedersachsen und Bremen [F. Berger], Berlin 1988, pp. 212-215 no 8055).
’ Investigation conducted in 1993 and 1995 using four detectors yielded a total of 61
antique coins discovered in the arable. It is noteworthy, at the same time, that owing
to modern buildup only less than half of the almost 5-hectare settlement could be investi-
gated.
6 Trajan and Hadrian denarii fused together (catalogue nos 18 and 32).
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szowice settlement yielded a total of 109 Roman coins3. So far this is the
most numerous series of Roman coins recovered from a settlement situ-
ated in Central European Barbaricum4. The remarkable dimension of the
finds is also indicated by the unusual assortment of issues.
The majority of coins were recovered during two rounds of surface
investigation - four days each - made using latest generation metal detec-
tors5. The remainder, if found in archaeological context, rested in layers
or context dating to Late Roman and Early Migration periods which, in
terms of absolute chronology, corresponds approximately to the period
from the 3rd until mid-5th century AD.
Except in one case6 all coins were separate finds, occasionally forming
quite distinct concentrations. Beside 101 denarii other coin finds from
Jakuszowice included two Faustina II as, two aes: a Caracalla from Cesarea
in Cappadocia and a Trebonianus Callus from Viminacium, antoninians:
Claudius II and Tetricus, and a Valens centenionalis. The coins were typi-
express my gratitude to Professor Kazimierz Godłowski, Dr. hab. Piotr Kaczanowski and
Dr. Judyta Rodzińska-Nowak for letting me examine the coins from Jakuszowice.
Preliminary information on antique coin finds from Jakuszowice - cf. L. Morawiecki,
O niektórych znaleziskach monet antycznych na terenie Polski, Wiadomości Numizmatyczne,
28:1984, pp. 21-23 (11 coins from the first two seasons of research): Godlowski, Jakuszowice
- a multi period settlement, op. cit., pp. 670-672; idem, Das „Fürstengrab”, op. cit., pp. 158-
159, A. Kunisz, Stan badań nad problematyką pieniądza rzymskiego na ziemiach polskich,
in: Białoruś, Litwa, Polska, Ukraina. Wspólne Dzieje Pieniądza, Supraśl 20-22 X 1994, Materiały I
Międzynarodowej Konferencji Numizmatycznej (ed. K. Filipow), Warszawa 1996, pp. 41-44.
4 Only Gudme and Lundeborg in Fyn registered a larger number of coins - cf. A. Kro-
mami, Die römischen Münzen von Gudme, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 21:1987, pp. 61-73,
eadem, Recent Roman coin finds from Denmark, Proceedings of the 10th International Con-
gress of Numismatics, London, September 1986 (ed. I. A. Carradice), Wetteren 1989, pp. 266-
273, eadem, Recent Roman coins finds from Denmark, Supplement to Breitenstein and
Balling, Nordisk Numismatisk Arsskrift 1983-4 (1990), pp. 74-100, eadem, Mpnterne fra
Lundeborg, Arborg for Svenborg & Omegns Museum 1990, pp. 48-58; eadem, Gudme and
Lundeborg - the coins, The Archaeology of Gudme and Lundeborg. Papers presented at a
Conference at Svendborg October 1991. Arkaeologiske Studier, 10, Ko'benhavn 1994, pp. 64—
67. The remarkably thorough investigation of Feddersen Wierde produced only 34 coins
(FMRD VII, 4—9: Niedersachsen und Bremen [F. Berger], Berlin 1988, pp. 212-215 no 8055).
’ Investigation conducted in 1993 and 1995 using four detectors yielded a total of 61
antique coins discovered in the arable. It is noteworthy, at the same time, that owing
to modern buildup only less than half of the almost 5-hectare settlement could be investi-
gated.
6 Trajan and Hadrian denarii fused together (catalogue nos 18 and 32).
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