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Ein solidus von Konstantin VII. und Romanos II. aus Marosújvár/Ocna Mureş (RO)
A solidus of Constantine VII and Roman II from Marosújvár/Ocna Mures

Author(s): Péter Prohászka
Subject(s): Archaeology, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Byzantine coins; 10th century; Transylvania; archival records

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with a solidus of Constantine VII and Romanos II which was found in 1861 in Marosújvár (today Ocna Mureş, Romania). A drawing and a description of the finding circumstances was sent to Carl Torma, historian of antiquity by the engineer Franz Pošepny. From Transylvania only half a dozen Byzantine coins of the 9th–10th centuries are known. The majority of the Byzantine coins known from the Carpathian Basin belong to the reign of Constantine VII and Roman II, and were given to the Hungarians as a gift or subsidium. The author in his study gives an evaluation of it.

  • Issue Year: 69/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 331-338
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German
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