Notae Numismaticae - Zapiski Numizmatyczne (2.1997)

cally heavily worn, some had been pierced, in many the edges had been
trimmed, several survived only as halfs or quarters7.

Statistical data on coin finds discovered during successive seasons of
investigation is as follows* 8:

Season

Number of coins

1982 e

5

1983 e

5

1984 e

0

1985 e

6

1986 e

4

1987 e

8

1988 e

5

1989 e

7

1990 e

3

1993 p

32

1995 p

29

1995 e

5

1996 e

0

Razem:

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The denarii from Jakuszowice represent a broad chronological spec-
trum beginning with a Republican specimen from 88 BC, through coins
issued after Neronian reforms, on to issues dating to the reign of Alexan-
der Severus. It is interesting that a substantial number of the denarii
(5 %) are post-194 AD Septimus Severus reform specimens which makes
composition of the series diverge from one typically registered in hoards
of denarii originating from the Barbaricum9.

Detailed analysis of the 101 denarii helped to establish at least 26 (i.e.

' Identical state of preservation is represented by coins originating from the settle-
ment at Feddersen Wierde in Frieseland - cf. note 4.

8 Letter ,,e” denotes excavations, letter ,,p” - surface prospecting.

9 More extensively on denarii hoards from the Barbaricum cf. L. Lind, Romerska dena-
rerfunna i Sverige, Stockholm 1988; F. Berger, Untersuchungen zu römerzeitlichen Münzfunden
in Nordwestdeutschland, SFMA 9, Berlin 1992, pp. 133-150; A. Bursche, Die Markoman-
nenkriege und der Zufluß römischer Münzen in das Barbaricum, in: Markomannenkriege -
Ursachen und Wirkungen (H. Friesinger, J. Tejral, A. Stuppner ed.), pp. 471-485; idem,
Later Roman-Barbarian Contacts in Central Europe. Numismatic Evidence, SFMA 11, Berlin
1996, pp. 123-125.

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