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DOI article:Salamon, Maciej: A late-roman bronze coin find at Thubursiucum Numidarum (Now Khemissa, Algeria)
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TOM V_
KRAKÓW 2004
MACIEJ SALAMON
Kraków
A LATE-ROMAN BRONZE COIN
FIND AT THUBURSICUM NUMIDARUM
(NOW KHEMISSA, ALGERIA)1
Coin finds in the Arab world often reach numismatists without
detailed information on the exact location and circumstances of
the discovery, which obviously limits their value for scholarly in-
vestigation. This being so, even a smali number of coins unearthed
at a definite location seems to deserve to be noted and passed on to
researchers. This is the case with a set of 14 (or 16) bronze pieces as
described below.
While in Algeria in the 70's, Mr. Paweł Kozłowski of Cracow, then
a young boy, visited some ancient ruins in Khemissa (Khamissa) and
found several bronze coins. They had been buried just under the sur-
face (or scattered?) in a radius of several meters. In a mostly poor State
of preservation, they presented little commercial value and may have
been abandoned by the first finder. Circumstances of the discovery
11 wish to express gratitude to Mr. Paweł Kozłowski for letting me use the coins for study and
for supplying topographic information. My thanks also go to Prof. Cecile Morrisson for her help in
locating specialist literaturę.
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KRAKÓW 2004
MACIEJ SALAMON
Kraków
A LATE-ROMAN BRONZE COIN
FIND AT THUBURSICUM NUMIDARUM
(NOW KHEMISSA, ALGERIA)1
Coin finds in the Arab world often reach numismatists without
detailed information on the exact location and circumstances of
the discovery, which obviously limits their value for scholarly in-
vestigation. This being so, even a smali number of coins unearthed
at a definite location seems to deserve to be noted and passed on to
researchers. This is the case with a set of 14 (or 16) bronze pieces as
described below.
While in Algeria in the 70's, Mr. Paweł Kozłowski of Cracow, then
a young boy, visited some ancient ruins in Khemissa (Khamissa) and
found several bronze coins. They had been buried just under the sur-
face (or scattered?) in a radius of several meters. In a mostly poor State
of preservation, they presented little commercial value and may have
been abandoned by the first finder. Circumstances of the discovery
11 wish to express gratitude to Mr. Paweł Kozłowski for letting me use the coins for study and
for supplying topographic information. My thanks also go to Prof. Cecile Morrisson for her help in
locating specialist literaturę.
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