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DOI article:Pelsdonk, Jan: The frontiers in Dutch coin research: Iron Age and Roman Republican coin finds in the Limes-area
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41338#0120
JAN PELSDONK
Dutch hoards with Republican coins are scarce (Fig. 9). Ali of the 13 finds
have a terminus post quem (tpq, the first possible year of deposition) during
the Roman Empire, that is, afiter 27 BC. Just as in the Netherlands, so too
in Belgium such hoards are scarce and were deposited during the Imperial period.20
In the United Kingdom, Roman Republican coins were in use until the beginning
of the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161).21 The scarce evidence of hoards
(20 hoards, Fig. 10) indicates a large number of finds north of the limes.
The Graph (Fig. 12) displays the differences in finds between the United
Kingdom and the Netherlands.22 The data was collected from the Portable
Antiąuities Scheme (38,167 coins), the research of Reece (c. 10,000 coins),
and NUMIS (24,554 coins).23 The overview per period shows that in the United
Kingdom hardly any coins struck prior to the Roman invasion of the island (from
AD 43) are present. This pattem is very different from that found in the Netherlands.
Apparently, in AD 43 Republican coins were already becoming rare, or were
at least available for shipment to the island.
Figs. 7 and 8 show coin finds of the Roman Empire. The number of
finds increases compared to the Republican coins. There is also a difference
in the number of hoards between the Roman and Barbarian areas, but the differences
are smaller than one would expect. The finds provide elear indications of settlement
areas and land and water (trade) routes. The Coastal region, the northem region
(the provinces of Friesland and Groningen), and the IJssel River appear to have
been of importance.24 Around AD 260, the Romans abandoned the linę of the limes,
afiter which the influx of new coins stagnated. Sometime after the Romans left,
the Franks took control of the area.25
FIRST CONCLUSIONS
This article is not meant to provide extensive or complete research. Its aim
is to invite researchers to use the data collected in NUMIS. The dataset used
is published on the internet to help futurę researchers.26 The initial conclusions are
as follows:
20 VAN HEESCH 1998: 53.
21 DUNCAN-JONES 1994: 197.
22 PELSDONK 2011: 199-204.
23 REECE 1995.
24 GROOTHEDDE 2010: 7-26.
25 AARTS 2000: 41.
26 https://independent.academia.edu/Pelsdonk, and morę specifically: https://www.academia.edu/12401207/
Datasets_with_Iron_Age_Celtic_Roman_Republican_coins_used_in_Table_l_and_2_pp_7-9_30-34_of_
PELSDONK 2013
Dutch hoards with Republican coins are scarce (Fig. 9). Ali of the 13 finds
have a terminus post quem (tpq, the first possible year of deposition) during
the Roman Empire, that is, afiter 27 BC. Just as in the Netherlands, so too
in Belgium such hoards are scarce and were deposited during the Imperial period.20
In the United Kingdom, Roman Republican coins were in use until the beginning
of the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161).21 The scarce evidence of hoards
(20 hoards, Fig. 10) indicates a large number of finds north of the limes.
The Graph (Fig. 12) displays the differences in finds between the United
Kingdom and the Netherlands.22 The data was collected from the Portable
Antiąuities Scheme (38,167 coins), the research of Reece (c. 10,000 coins),
and NUMIS (24,554 coins).23 The overview per period shows that in the United
Kingdom hardly any coins struck prior to the Roman invasion of the island (from
AD 43) are present. This pattem is very different from that found in the Netherlands.
Apparently, in AD 43 Republican coins were already becoming rare, or were
at least available for shipment to the island.
Figs. 7 and 8 show coin finds of the Roman Empire. The number of
finds increases compared to the Republican coins. There is also a difference
in the number of hoards between the Roman and Barbarian areas, but the differences
are smaller than one would expect. The finds provide elear indications of settlement
areas and land and water (trade) routes. The Coastal region, the northem region
(the provinces of Friesland and Groningen), and the IJssel River appear to have
been of importance.24 Around AD 260, the Romans abandoned the linę of the limes,
afiter which the influx of new coins stagnated. Sometime after the Romans left,
the Franks took control of the area.25
FIRST CONCLUSIONS
This article is not meant to provide extensive or complete research. Its aim
is to invite researchers to use the data collected in NUMIS. The dataset used
is published on the internet to help futurę researchers.26 The initial conclusions are
as follows:
20 VAN HEESCH 1998: 53.
21 DUNCAN-JONES 1994: 197.
22 PELSDONK 2011: 199-204.
23 REECE 1995.
24 GROOTHEDDE 2010: 7-26.
25 AARTS 2000: 41.
26 https://independent.academia.edu/Pelsdonk, and morę specifically: https://www.academia.edu/12401207/
Datasets_with_Iron_Age_Celtic_Roman_Republican_coins_used_in_Table_l_and_2_pp_7-9_30-34_of_
PELSDONK 2013