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DOI article:Dymowski, Arkadiusz: The late-roman bronze coins found recently in Krakow and the surrounding area
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Kraków 2011
ARKADIUSZ DYMOWSKI
Gdynia
THE LATE-ROMAN BRONZE COINS FOUND
RECENTLY IN KRAKÓW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
This article is concemed with over a dozen Roman coins found within the city
limits of Kraków and in the immediate environs of the city over a period of the
last several years. They are mostly fourth century bronze coins; there is also one
antoninianus from the second half of the third century, found along with the late-
Roman aeses. It has been impossible to gain access to the original coins; as a con-
seąuence, it is necessary to identify and describe them on the basis of the ayailable
photographs. Unfortunately, the quality of some images is far from satisfactory.
1. KRAKÓW - ENVIRONS, MAŁOPOLSKIE VOIVODSHIP
In January 2006, a smali assemblage of Roman bronze coins was discovered in
an unidentified location on the outskirts of Kraków, about 10 km south-east of the
city limits. The first handful of coins (7 items) were accidentally found in a lump
of sand used for the purpose of winter road maintenance. The sand was previously
extracted from a hillside in the vicinity of some local houses. The description of the
location of this find implies that the hillock may have been a smali dune along the
old river-bed. Further exploration at the same sandpit yielded two morę coins, found
buried in the sand at a depth of several centimetres; moreover, at a distance of about
7 m from the latter site, at a depth of about 20 cm, a completely illegible, unidentifi-
able bronze or brass coin (?), 36 mm in diameter.
A) Constantine I, follis (aes 3), 324-325, Cyzicus, 0 ?, ? g, RIC1 VII p. 647, no. 24, LRBC2
I p. 27, no. 1158.
1 H.MATTINGLY, E.A.SYDENHAM, C.H.YSUTHERLAND, R.A.G. CARSON, P.H. WEBB, J.W.E.
PEARCE, P.M. BRUNN, J.P.C. KENT (eds), The Roman Imperial Coinage, v. I-X, London 1923-1994.
2 P.V. HILL, J.P.C. KENT, R.A.G. CARSON (eds), Late Roman Bronze Coinage, p. I-II, reprint Spink & Son
Ltd., London 1976.
ARKADIUSZ DYMOWSKI
Gdynia
THE LATE-ROMAN BRONZE COINS FOUND
RECENTLY IN KRAKÓW AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
This article is concemed with over a dozen Roman coins found within the city
limits of Kraków and in the immediate environs of the city over a period of the
last several years. They are mostly fourth century bronze coins; there is also one
antoninianus from the second half of the third century, found along with the late-
Roman aeses. It has been impossible to gain access to the original coins; as a con-
seąuence, it is necessary to identify and describe them on the basis of the ayailable
photographs. Unfortunately, the quality of some images is far from satisfactory.
1. KRAKÓW - ENVIRONS, MAŁOPOLSKIE VOIVODSHIP
In January 2006, a smali assemblage of Roman bronze coins was discovered in
an unidentified location on the outskirts of Kraków, about 10 km south-east of the
city limits. The first handful of coins (7 items) were accidentally found in a lump
of sand used for the purpose of winter road maintenance. The sand was previously
extracted from a hillside in the vicinity of some local houses. The description of the
location of this find implies that the hillock may have been a smali dune along the
old river-bed. Further exploration at the same sandpit yielded two morę coins, found
buried in the sand at a depth of several centimetres; moreover, at a distance of about
7 m from the latter site, at a depth of about 20 cm, a completely illegible, unidentifi-
able bronze or brass coin (?), 36 mm in diameter.
A) Constantine I, follis (aes 3), 324-325, Cyzicus, 0 ?, ? g, RIC1 VII p. 647, no. 24, LRBC2
I p. 27, no. 1158.
1 H.MATTINGLY, E.A.SYDENHAM, C.H.YSUTHERLAND, R.A.G. CARSON, P.H. WEBB, J.W.E.
PEARCE, P.M. BRUNN, J.P.C. KENT (eds), The Roman Imperial Coinage, v. I-X, London 1923-1994.
2 P.V. HILL, J.P.C. KENT, R.A.G. CARSON (eds), Late Roman Bronze Coinage, p. I-II, reprint Spink & Son
Ltd., London 1976.