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DOI article:Zając, Barbara: [Rezension von: Arkadiusz Dymowski, Nummi serrati, bigati et alii. Coins of the Roman Republic in East-Central Europe North of the Sudetes and the Carpathians - Kyrylo Myzgin, Roman Republican coins and their imitations from the territory of Ukraine and Belarus]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43282#0257
Tom XII
Kraków 2017
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ARKADIUSZ DYMOWSKI
Nummi serrati, bigati et alii. Coins of the Roman Republic in East-Central
Europę North of the Sudetes and the Carpathians. Warsaw: University of
Warsaw Press, 2016, 430 pages, 85 plates; ISBN 978-83-235-2462-5
KYRYLO MYZGIN
Roman Republican Coins and Their Imitations from the Territory of Ukraine and
Belarus (Phmckhc pecnyöuHKaHCKHe mohctbi h hx HMHTapHH c TeppHTopHH
YKpaHHbi h EenapycH). Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2017,290 pages,
31 plates; ISBN 978-83-235-2720-6
The Publishing house of the University of Warsaw has recently issued two
important books. Their subject matter concerns finds of Roman Republican coins in
East-Central Europę, particularly north of the Sudetes and Carpathians, from areas
in present-day Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. The publications are the result of research
conducted as part of the project Coins of the Roman Republic in Central Europę,
which commenced in the year 2014 and is financed by the National Science Centre.
In recent y ears, we can see intensification with regard to research on the record-
ing of finds of ancient coins. Thanks to the project Roman Coin Finds in Poland
(FRCPL), which is under the direction of Prof. Aleksander Bursche of the University
of Warsaw, an extensive database has been created, which contains a large number
of the recorded finds of ancient coins. The creation of the database is the result of
collaboration between many Polish numismatists. The recording of ancient coins on
a large scalę began in the 1950s, with the inauguration of the project Coin Finds of
the Roman Period in Germany. This project resulted in a number of catalogues but
also in co-operation between many academic centres in Europę, e.g. in the Nether-
lands, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Poland. Because many of
the assemblages of ancient coins found in the territory of present-day Poland have
been described and published in Polish, it has been difficult to make their presence
known on the international academic scene. Forthcoming catalogues, which are due
to be published as part of the project, as well as the presently reviewed monographs,
which have been published in English, shall be a significant source of information
and an incentive for further research and discussion. Also worth recalling is the im-
portant contribution that these two scholars have madę in the recording of coins
recovered with the use of metal detectors by so-called prospectors. Thanks to these
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Kraków 2017
lii
ARKADIUSZ DYMOWSKI
Nummi serrati, bigati et alii. Coins of the Roman Republic in East-Central
Europę North of the Sudetes and the Carpathians. Warsaw: University of
Warsaw Press, 2016, 430 pages, 85 plates; ISBN 978-83-235-2462-5
KYRYLO MYZGIN
Roman Republican Coins and Their Imitations from the Territory of Ukraine and
Belarus (Phmckhc pecnyöuHKaHCKHe mohctbi h hx HMHTapHH c TeppHTopHH
YKpaHHbi h EenapycH). Warsaw: University of Warsaw Press, 2017,290 pages,
31 plates; ISBN 978-83-235-2720-6
The Publishing house of the University of Warsaw has recently issued two
important books. Their subject matter concerns finds of Roman Republican coins in
East-Central Europę, particularly north of the Sudetes and Carpathians, from areas
in present-day Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. The publications are the result of research
conducted as part of the project Coins of the Roman Republic in Central Europę,
which commenced in the year 2014 and is financed by the National Science Centre.
In recent y ears, we can see intensification with regard to research on the record-
ing of finds of ancient coins. Thanks to the project Roman Coin Finds in Poland
(FRCPL), which is under the direction of Prof. Aleksander Bursche of the University
of Warsaw, an extensive database has been created, which contains a large number
of the recorded finds of ancient coins. The creation of the database is the result of
collaboration between many Polish numismatists. The recording of ancient coins on
a large scalę began in the 1950s, with the inauguration of the project Coin Finds of
the Roman Period in Germany. This project resulted in a number of catalogues but
also in co-operation between many academic centres in Europę, e.g. in the Nether-
lands, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Poland. Because many of
the assemblages of ancient coins found in the territory of present-day Poland have
been described and published in Polish, it has been difficult to make their presence
known on the international academic scene. Forthcoming catalogues, which are due
to be published as part of the project, as well as the presently reviewed monographs,
which have been published in English, shall be a significant source of information
and an incentive for further research and discussion. Also worth recalling is the im-
portant contribution that these two scholars have madę in the recording of coins
recovered with the use of metal detectors by so-called prospectors. Thanks to these
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