O NOTĂ NUMISMATICĂ
A NUMISMATIC NOTE
Author(s): Radu Iustinian ZăgreanuSubject(s): History
Published by: Asociaţiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român - ASTRA
Keywords: dacian coin; Medieşu-Aurit type; Beclean;
Summary/Abstract: In this short numismatic note, we try to notice two Dacian coins, that were found in the area of the Dacian fortress, on the hill Bileag, from the town Beclean (Beclenuţneighborhood).The first coin (Pl. I 1-b) is a silver drachma, type Medieşu Aurit, easilyscyphate.Dimensions: diameter – 21 mm, weight – 6.4 g. It is particularly damaged on the front.On the obverse (Pl. I–1a) we have a human head pointing to the right, highly stylized.The reverse (Pl. I–1b) shows a horse that has an oval-shaped body, legs incomplete,tightened, with triangular hooves and the head decorated as a bird beak open. Thesecond coin is extremely damaged and fragmentary preserved (Pl. I 2-b). It is probablyalso a scyphated drachma, of the same type Medieşu Aurit, but in an extremely poorstate of preservation.
Journal: Arhiva Someşană
- Issue Year: XVI/2018
- Issue No: XVI-XVI
- Page Range: 37-40
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Romanian