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DOI article:Nadvirniak, Oleksandr; Pogorilets, Oleg; Nadvirniak, Oleksandr A.: An assemblage of Antoniniani from the Late Roman site of Pereginka (Balakiri) 2
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AN ASSEMBLAGE OF ANTON INI ANI FROM...
in the catalogue). So the time frame for the issue of the whole assemblage
is relatively short - around 15 years.
The very presence of antoniniani in the consecrated “Divi” series is
quite interesting; their presence is rare among the finds in Southeast Europę.
These coins were struck under Trajan Decius2 and devoted to the memory of
deceased emperors, namely: Vespasian (AD 69-79) - DIVO VESPASIANO
(no. 35 in the catalogue); and Commodus (AD 177-192) - DIVO COMMODO
(no. 36 in the catalogue).
Of the forty-one antoniniani, thirty-four (the vast majority, for 82.96%) come
from the Roman mint. Five coins (12.2%) - three antoniniani of Gordian III,
two of which have the inscription ORIENS AVG (nos. 9 and 10 in the catalogue)
and one of which has the inscription PAX AVGVSTI (no. 11 in the catalogue)
- and two antoniniani of Philip I with the inscription P M TR P IIII COS II P P
(nos. 22 and 23 in the catalogue) were issued by the Antiochian mint. Opinions
differ on the place of issue of the above-mentioned consecrated antoniniani with
the inscriptions DIVO VESPASIANO and DIVO COMMODO: RIC points to
the Mediolanum mint and RSC to the Roman mint.
The total weight of the assemblage (including the broken pieces) is 121.25 g,
and the mean weight of the complete coins is 3.11 g.
The condition of thirty-two of the coins in the assemblage may be described
as fine, seven others as fair. Brown oxide traces that may be visually estimated as
traces of prolonged adherence to copper-containing objects are present on thirteen
of the coins (nos. 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 21, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 40 in the catalogue).
Two coins (no. 5 and no. 39 in the catalogue), whose condition is described as
poor, bear strong traces of corrosion in the form of an extensive cover of brown
oxides. The condition of the vast majority of the coins excludes the possibility
of their having been in circulation for a prolonged period of time.
As far as the literaturę is concemed, the described assemblage is the first
known documented deposit of antoniniani in the forest-steppe zonę of Southeast
Europę. In contrast to the hoards of Roman Imperial denarii found in this area,
deposits with antoniniani or even hoards including them are rare. Kropotkin once
firmly stated that “...the coins of Maximinus I, Gordian III, Philip the Arab,
and the following emperors of the period of the Thirty Tyrants are not, however,
characteristic of East Europę.”3
2 ABRAMZON 1995: 452.
3 KROPOTKIN 1958: 153-154; IDEM 1970: 41.
in the catalogue). So the time frame for the issue of the whole assemblage
is relatively short - around 15 years.
The very presence of antoniniani in the consecrated “Divi” series is
quite interesting; their presence is rare among the finds in Southeast Europę.
These coins were struck under Trajan Decius2 and devoted to the memory of
deceased emperors, namely: Vespasian (AD 69-79) - DIVO VESPASIANO
(no. 35 in the catalogue); and Commodus (AD 177-192) - DIVO COMMODO
(no. 36 in the catalogue).
Of the forty-one antoniniani, thirty-four (the vast majority, for 82.96%) come
from the Roman mint. Five coins (12.2%) - three antoniniani of Gordian III,
two of which have the inscription ORIENS AVG (nos. 9 and 10 in the catalogue)
and one of which has the inscription PAX AVGVSTI (no. 11 in the catalogue)
- and two antoniniani of Philip I with the inscription P M TR P IIII COS II P P
(nos. 22 and 23 in the catalogue) were issued by the Antiochian mint. Opinions
differ on the place of issue of the above-mentioned consecrated antoniniani with
the inscriptions DIVO VESPASIANO and DIVO COMMODO: RIC points to
the Mediolanum mint and RSC to the Roman mint.
The total weight of the assemblage (including the broken pieces) is 121.25 g,
and the mean weight of the complete coins is 3.11 g.
The condition of thirty-two of the coins in the assemblage may be described
as fine, seven others as fair. Brown oxide traces that may be visually estimated as
traces of prolonged adherence to copper-containing objects are present on thirteen
of the coins (nos. 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 21, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 40 in the catalogue).
Two coins (no. 5 and no. 39 in the catalogue), whose condition is described as
poor, bear strong traces of corrosion in the form of an extensive cover of brown
oxides. The condition of the vast majority of the coins excludes the possibility
of their having been in circulation for a prolonged period of time.
As far as the literaturę is concemed, the described assemblage is the first
known documented deposit of antoniniani in the forest-steppe zonę of Southeast
Europę. In contrast to the hoards of Roman Imperial denarii found in this area,
deposits with antoniniani or even hoards including them are rare. Kropotkin once
firmly stated that “...the coins of Maximinus I, Gordian III, Philip the Arab,
and the following emperors of the period of the Thirty Tyrants are not, however,
characteristic of East Europę.”3
2 ABRAMZON 1995: 452.
3 KROPOTKIN 1958: 153-154; IDEM 1970: 41.