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Recenzje / Reviews
DOI Artikel:Horsnæs, Helle W.: [Rezension von: Renata Ciołek, Die Fundmünzen der römischen Zeit in Polen, Schlesien - Andrzej Romanowski, Die Fundmünzen der römischen Zeit in Polen, Rechtsufriges Masowien und Podlachien]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22230#0261
RECENZJE / REYIEWS
While Silesia has relatively few finds madę recently, the picture is different
in northern Masovia and Podlachia: Romanowskie catalogue covers roughly half
the area included in Kubiak’s catalogue of Roman coin finds from Masovia and
Podlachia, published in 1979, and a comparison of the overlapping parts of their
distribution maps is revealing. The area north of the Vistula seems almost empty
on Kubiak’s map, but in particular the number of single finds has grown consider-
ably in the last 30 years. This large number of recent single finds consists of mainly
denarii and subaerati of the second century resulting from amateur surveys. Many
of them are known thanks to the work of Dymowski, who have collected informa-
tion on coins found by amateurs using metal detectors,9 or registered by Dymowski
and Romanowski in collaboration. This considerable increase in single finds of
denarii as the result of detector surveys is closely comparable to the situation in
Denmark, where all coin finds madę by amateur detectorists are being central ly
registered, and it constitutes a constant waming: absence of evidence is not evi-
dence of absence.
The many new additions is not only seen in the volume on Rechtsufigen
Masowien und Podlachien when compared to the earlier work by Kubiak, but
there is also a marked difference between Ciołek’s first and second publication
of the finds from Pomerania. Here there is an increase from 353 to 406 finds
(+ 15%!!!) in only six years, and a quick check of some of the many new single
finds reveals that these are also the result of DymowskFs laudable registration of
amateur finds. This is certainly a problem to address in the futurę, and not only in
Poland. First it would of course be vital to ensure the scientific registration of the
many new finds, and second it would be useful to find a way to update the Fund-
munzen catalogues continuously.
HELLE W. EIORSN7ES
The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Contact the author at: Helle.Horsnaes@natmus.dk
9 A. DYMOWSKI, "Recording Recent Roman Coin Finds from Poland (2004-2007)” [Polish summary:
Rejestracja znalezisk monet rzymskich z terenu Polski (2004-2007)], Wiadomości Numizmatyczne LII, 2, 2008,
pp. 195-207; IDEM, Znaleziska monet z terenu Polski rejestrowane w pierwszych latach XXI wieku. Aspekty
źródłoznawcze. Zielona Góra 2011.
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While Silesia has relatively few finds madę recently, the picture is different
in northern Masovia and Podlachia: Romanowskie catalogue covers roughly half
the area included in Kubiak’s catalogue of Roman coin finds from Masovia and
Podlachia, published in 1979, and a comparison of the overlapping parts of their
distribution maps is revealing. The area north of the Vistula seems almost empty
on Kubiak’s map, but in particular the number of single finds has grown consider-
ably in the last 30 years. This large number of recent single finds consists of mainly
denarii and subaerati of the second century resulting from amateur surveys. Many
of them are known thanks to the work of Dymowski, who have collected informa-
tion on coins found by amateurs using metal detectors,9 or registered by Dymowski
and Romanowski in collaboration. This considerable increase in single finds of
denarii as the result of detector surveys is closely comparable to the situation in
Denmark, where all coin finds madę by amateur detectorists are being central ly
registered, and it constitutes a constant waming: absence of evidence is not evi-
dence of absence.
The many new additions is not only seen in the volume on Rechtsufigen
Masowien und Podlachien when compared to the earlier work by Kubiak, but
there is also a marked difference between Ciołek’s first and second publication
of the finds from Pomerania. Here there is an increase from 353 to 406 finds
(+ 15%!!!) in only six years, and a quick check of some of the many new single
finds reveals that these are also the result of DymowskFs laudable registration of
amateur finds. This is certainly a problem to address in the futurę, and not only in
Poland. First it would of course be vital to ensure the scientific registration of the
many new finds, and second it would be useful to find a way to update the Fund-
munzen catalogues continuously.
HELLE W. EIORSN7ES
The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Contact the author at: Helle.Horsnaes@natmus.dk
9 A. DYMOWSKI, "Recording Recent Roman Coin Finds from Poland (2004-2007)” [Polish summary:
Rejestracja znalezisk monet rzymskich z terenu Polski (2004-2007)], Wiadomości Numizmatyczne LII, 2, 2008,
pp. 195-207; IDEM, Znaleziska monet z terenu Polski rejestrowane w pierwszych latach XXI wieku. Aspekty
źródłoznawcze. Zielona Góra 2011.
259