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DOI Artikel:Dymowski, Arkadiusz: The Problem of the Presence of Barbarian Imitations of Roman Imperial Denarii in the Lands of Present-Day Poland. An Attempt at a Balance
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.57341#0160
ARKADIUSZ DYMOWSKI
The next two die-chains require somewhat more commentary in nature. The first
of these die-chains expands on a die-link indicated by K. Stribrny,44 that is, one
that links the obverse of a coin from the hoard from Malkowice (Cat. no. 27) with
another denarius of an unknown provenance from the collections of the Hungarian
National Museum in Budapest. We can now add to this die-chain a denarius found
in an unknown area in Poland (Cat. no. 47) as well as five denarii from Ukrainian
finds45 (see “Schemes of die-links”). The second die-chain includes a denarius from
the hoard from the environs of Inowrocław (Cat. no. 10) as well as five denarii
discovered in Ukraine (see “Schemes of die-links”). The style in which the imitative
coins ascribed to these two die-chains were executed - especially with regard to
the first of these die-chains - is very close to the large group of imitations described
by Lennart Lind46 and K. Stribrny.47 This group includes coins found in Gotland,
Öland, Hungary (also in the Kecel II hoard), Ukraine and perhaps in northwestern
Germany and Britain. L. Lind calls it the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group.48 Thus, taking
into account the style in which the dies were executed, perhaps the two small die-
chains indicated here - which include coins from Polish finds - should be included
within the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group? Until we are able to point to coins that
would definitively allow us to add these two die-chains to the “main” die-chain of
58 the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group, this possibility remains in the sphere of speculation.
The next four die-chains49 (see “Schemes of die-links”) - which are small in
number - that include imitations found in Poland are as follows: the first die-chain
consists of a denarius from settlement of the Przeworsk culture in Osiny (Cat.
no. 34) and six denarii from Ukraine; the second consists of five coins struck with
the same pair of dies, these being two denarii from stray finds in Poland (Cat. nos. 2,
35), two denarii from Ukraine, and a denarius of unknown provenance kept in
the collections of the monastery in Lavanttal in Austria; the third consists of
a denarius from a hoard from Wroclaw (Cat. no. 46), and two denarii from Ukraine;
the fourth consists of a denarius found by itself in the environs of Inowrocław (Cat.
no. 13) and two more denarii from Ukraine. The next four die-chains (see “Schemes
of die-links”) only consist of two coins each, with one coin from Poland in each
of these die-chains (Cat. nos. 17, 20, 28, 45). With regard to the first die-link,
44 STRIBRNY 2003: 56, 59.
45 The die-links of coins from Ukrainian finds have been described by O. Anokhin on his Internet page
(ANOKHIN 2018).
46 LIND 2007: 53-58; IDEM 2018: 5-8.
47 STRIBRNY 2003: 56, 142.
48 LIND 2018: 5-8.
49 The die-links of coins from Ukrainian finds have, to a large extent, been described by O. Anokhin on his
Internet page (ANOKHIN 2018).
The next two die-chains require somewhat more commentary in nature. The first
of these die-chains expands on a die-link indicated by K. Stribrny,44 that is, one
that links the obverse of a coin from the hoard from Malkowice (Cat. no. 27) with
another denarius of an unknown provenance from the collections of the Hungarian
National Museum in Budapest. We can now add to this die-chain a denarius found
in an unknown area in Poland (Cat. no. 47) as well as five denarii from Ukrainian
finds45 (see “Schemes of die-links”). The second die-chain includes a denarius from
the hoard from the environs of Inowrocław (Cat. no. 10) as well as five denarii
discovered in Ukraine (see “Schemes of die-links”). The style in which the imitative
coins ascribed to these two die-chains were executed - especially with regard to
the first of these die-chains - is very close to the large group of imitations described
by Lennart Lind46 and K. Stribrny.47 This group includes coins found in Gotland,
Öland, Hungary (also in the Kecel II hoard), Ukraine and perhaps in northwestern
Germany and Britain. L. Lind calls it the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group.48 Thus, taking
into account the style in which the dies were executed, perhaps the two small die-
chains indicated here - which include coins from Polish finds - should be included
within the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group? Until we are able to point to coins that
would definitively allow us to add these two die-chains to the “main” die-chain of
58 the Hulterstad-Uggärda Group, this possibility remains in the sphere of speculation.
The next four die-chains49 (see “Schemes of die-links”) - which are small in
number - that include imitations found in Poland are as follows: the first die-chain
consists of a denarius from settlement of the Przeworsk culture in Osiny (Cat.
no. 34) and six denarii from Ukraine; the second consists of five coins struck with
the same pair of dies, these being two denarii from stray finds in Poland (Cat. nos. 2,
35), two denarii from Ukraine, and a denarius of unknown provenance kept in
the collections of the monastery in Lavanttal in Austria; the third consists of
a denarius from a hoard from Wroclaw (Cat. no. 46), and two denarii from Ukraine;
the fourth consists of a denarius found by itself in the environs of Inowrocław (Cat.
no. 13) and two more denarii from Ukraine. The next four die-chains (see “Schemes
of die-links”) only consist of two coins each, with one coin from Poland in each
of these die-chains (Cat. nos. 17, 20, 28, 45). With regard to the first die-link,
44 STRIBRNY 2003: 56, 59.
45 The die-links of coins from Ukrainian finds have been described by O. Anokhin on his Internet page
(ANOKHIN 2018).
46 LIND 2007: 53-58; IDEM 2018: 5-8.
47 STRIBRNY 2003: 56, 142.
48 LIND 2018: 5-8.
49 The die-links of coins from Ukrainian finds have, to a large extent, been described by O. Anokhin on his
Internet page (ANOKHIN 2018).