ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL COINS DISCOVERED NEAR BUCHAREST Cover Image

MONEDE ANTICE ŞI MEDIEVALE DESCOPERITE LÂNGĂ BUCUREŞTI
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL COINS DISCOVERED NEAR BUCHAREST

Author(s): Stela Gramaticu, Dan Pîrvulescu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Middle Ages
Published by: Editura Muzeului Municipiului Bucuresti
Keywords: Cernica; Inotești-Rocoasa; Dyrrhachium; republican Roman denarius; Ottoman Empire;

Summary/Abstract: he authors present 14 coins from several historical periods, discovered in 2015 in Cernica forest near Bucharest. Within the lot, five ancient coins stand out: a fragment of a Geto-Dacian, Inoteşti-Răcoasa type coin; two Dyrrhachium drachmae among which one is an imitation; two Roman republican denarii. Nine medieval coins are added to the ancient ones: a Polish schilling issued during the reign of Sigismund III Vasa, a Hungarian denarius, 15-16th c. ?, as well as a compact group of six Ottoman coins from the 18th century. A coin fragment is added to these eight pieces, a medieval coin very poorly preserved, oxidized, which couldn’t beidentified. Aspects of monetary circulation are discussed and analogies are presented for each type of denomination.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 127-143
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian