Notae Numismaticae - Zapiski Numizmatyczne (11.2016)

KYRYLO MYZG1N, OLEG RADJUSI1

Dymowsky’s typology.7 Such groups of hoards of denarii are the most numerous
on the territory of Barbaricum, and its finds are widely spread over the territory
of the Chemyakhiv, Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures, and even in Scandinavia.
Such hoards contain a number of coins of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius,
Commodus and Septimius Severus (or Didius Julianus, as in our case).8
THE BELT SET
1) The belt buckie has a round-shaped frame with a circular section
(the diameter of which is 50 mm) with a thicker front part (the diameter of
which is 12 mm). The so-called tongue is 56 mm long. It is oblong and pulled
downwards and has a circular section at the end and facets on the widest part below.
The buckle-plate’s size is 38 mm x 30 mm. It looks like a rectangle with
symmetrical platfonns connected by a double hinge; the outer part of the buckle-
plate is decorated with a linear ornament crossed by two rectangles running
diagonally from one corner to another and meeting at the centre of the ornament.
The buckle-plate is fastened to the frame by four rivets in the shape of fiat heads
with fragments of gilt. Ali the elements of the buckie were cast in a mould and
are large in shape. The manufactured item is 100 mm long and weighs 170 g.
2a) The smali girdle buckie has a rectangular frame with a sąuare section
(5 mm x 5 mm). The buckle’s overall size is 24 mm x 30 mm. Two double sickles
protrude outwards at the front part of the buckie: the sickles are 4 mm long and
7 mm wide. The tongue of the buckie is 30 mm long. It is oblong and pulled
downwards towards the cut of the frame; it is narrower at the end and looks
like a triangle in this section. The buckle-plate’s size is 20 mm x 26 mm. It has
a rectangular frame with symmetrical platfonns connected by a double hinge;
the outer part of the buckle-plate has a rectangular neck. There is a gilt or brass
piąte there. The buckle-plate is fastened to the frame by six rivets in the shape
of fiat heads. Ali the elements of the buckie were cast in a mould and are ąuite
massive. The law piąte is a little bit narrower. Overall, the buckie is 48 mm long
and weighs 40 g.
2b) A second smali girdle buckie was found in this hoard. It is of the same size
as its pair described above and weighs 40 g.
3) Eighty-two rectangular belt plates are also located in the hoard. Each of
the plates is fastened to the belt by two rivets with half-spherical heads (each with
a diameter of 6 mm). One of the plates has four rivets. The plates are fiat and have

7 DYMOWSKI 2013: 108-109. We express our heartfelt gratitude to Dr Arkadiusz Dymowski (Gdynia,
Poland) for the chronological profile of the parts of hoards madę up of coins.
8 DYMOWSKI and MYZGIN 2014: 50-52.