Okruchy starożytności. Użytkowanie monet antycznych w Europie Środkowej, Wschodniej i Północnej w średniowieczu i w okresie nowożytnym
Slivers of Antiquity. The Use of Ancient Coins in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe in the Medieval and Modern Periods
Contributor(s): Mateusz Bogucki (Editor), Arkadiusz Dymowski (Editor), Grzegorz Śnieżko (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: ancient coins; coins finds; Roman period; Migration period; Barbaricum; coin hoards; early medieval context; monetary circulation; catalogue of finds of ancien coins
Summary/Abstract: Ancient coinage (understood here as pre-AD 6th century Greek, Celtic and Roman issues) constitutes a small percentage of hoards and other assemblages found in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, dated to the Middle Ages and to the modern period. Ancient coins have also been recorded at other sites in contexts dated to the same time, such as burial or settlement sites. Finds sometimes include pierced coins, which suggests they may have been used as amulets or jewellery. The book contains the texts written by researchers from Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark. The aim of their studies of the archaeological, numismatic and written sources was to examine the use of ancient coins in the territories of present-day Poland, Baltic States, western Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, eastern Germany and Scandinavia in a period spanning from approximately 7th century to the turn of the 18th century.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4705-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4697-9
- Page Count: 444
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English, Polish
ANCIENT COINAGE IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE AGES - AN OVERVIEW / PIENIĄDZ ANTYCZNY NA TERENIE EUROPY ŚRODKOWEJ, WSCHODNIEJ I PÓŁNOCNEJ PRZED OKRESEM ŚREDNIOWIECZA - ZARYS PROBLEMU
ANCIENT COINAGE IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE AGES - AN OVERVIEW / PIENIĄDZ ANTYCZNY NA TERENIE EUROPY
ŚRODKOWEJ, WSCHODNIEJ I PÓŁNOCNEJ PRZED OKRESEM ŚREDNIOWIECZA - ZARYS PROBLEMU
(ANCIENT COINAGE IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE AGES - AN OVERVIEW)
- Author(s):Arkadiusz Dymowski
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:17-42
- No. of Pages:26
- Keywords:ancient coins; coins finds; Roman period; Migration period; Barbaricum
- Summary/Abstract:The chapter is focused on the subject of the pre-medieval influx and uses of ancient (i.e. Greek, Celtic and Roman) coins in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe an understanding of which is crucial for the study of their origin and uses in the Middle Ages and the modern period. The oldest coins found in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, i.e. in the territory of European Barbaricum, are Greek coins, but definitely the largest category of ancient coins found there are Roman Imperial denarii of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Given the sheer number of denarii brought in, and the size of the territory across which they spread, this was a phenomenon on a scale never observed before and thus in our study area, too. The presence in the finds of issues of other denominations (in gold, silver, or in copper and its alloys) and of other dates (till the 6th century AD) is much lower, but one cannot exclude a possibility of discovery of almost any kind of ancient coins in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe.
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ANCIENT COINS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL POLISH FINDS / MONETY ANTYCZNE Z WCZESNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH ZNALEZISK POLSKICH
ANCIENT COINS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL POLISH FINDS / MONETY ANTYCZNE Z WCZESNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH ZNALEZISK POLSKICH
(ANCIENT COINS FROM EARLY MEDIEVAL POLISH FINDS)
- Author(s):Mateusz Bogucki
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:43-64
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:ancient coins; Roman coins; coin finds; coin hoards; early medieval context; monetary circulation
- Summary/Abstract:Ancient coins, almost exclusively Roman denarii from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, constitute a very small percentage of hoards and other assemblages dated by the latest coins to the Early Middle Ages. The coins occur in hoards apparently falling into an older, 10th–early 11th century group of finds from Greater Poland and Silesia, and a later, 11th century group from Pomerania (Pomorze). Possible causes of such a distinction might be differences in money market control systems or in the direction of the coin influx. A closer analysis of the coins and their distribution suggests that ancient coins had functioned as a means of payment in that time. Unlike similar finds recorded in Scandinavia, Roman denarii were not used in Poland in the Early Middle Ages as ornaments/amulets. The discoveries made at the cemetery at Dziekanowice, and possibly also on the settlement complex at Tum, show that some of the ancient coins derive from ancient coin finds made in the vicinity during the Early Middle Ages.
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ROMAN COINS FROM LATE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD FINDS IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND / MONETY RZYMSKIE ZE ZNALEZISK PÓŹNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH Z OBSZARU WSPÓŁCZESNEJ POLSKI
ROMAN COINS FROM LATE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD FINDS IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND / MONETY RZYMSKIE ZE ZNALEZISK
PÓŹNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH Z OBSZARU WSPÓŁCZESNEJ POLSKI
(ROMAN COINS FROM LATE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD FINDS IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND)
- Author(s):Grzegorz Śnieżko
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:65-87
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:ancient coins; Roman coins; coin finds; coin hoards; late medieval context; modern context; monetary circulation
- Summary/Abstract:The paper discusses the issue of presence of ancient coins in late medieval and modern period finds from the territory of Poland. The analysis demonstrated that these finds solely contained specimens of the Roman Empire. They have been recorded in three late medieval and six modern period hoards. What is more, such coins were also found in archaeological contexts that imply that they may have been used as foundation sacrifices (two cases), or as a pendant, perhaps of devotional nature (one case). They were also given as money offerings in churches and were used as bullion sources as well as for ornamental purposes. In three urban centres such coins were found in the course of archaeological research from settlement layers and features. A diversification of coins with regard to their chronology and denominations demonstrates a correlation with waves of inflow of Roman coins to the Polish lands in antiquity, reconstructed on the basis of numismatic finds. This implies that Roman coins in the Late Middle Ages and in the modern period came from incidental discoveries of money which had been deposited in Roman times. Late medieval and modern period hoards with Roman coins are remarkable for the presence of money of very diversified origin and chronology. This seems to demonstrate that in the majority of such cases, the Roman coins had probably been used as currency. On the other hand, it is impossible to completely reject the assumption that at least in some cases these coins became part of hoards for reasons related to folk beliefs.
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ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN WRITTEN SOURCES FROM POLISH LANDS / MONETY ANTYCZNE ORAZ ICH FUNKCJE W ŚWIETLE ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH ŹRÓDEŁ PISANYCH Z ÓWCZESNYCH ZIEM POLSKICH
ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN WRITTEN SOURCES FROM POLISH LANDS / MONETY ANTYCZNE ORAZ ICH FUNKCJE W ŚWIETLE ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH ŹRÓDEŁ PISANYCH Z ÓWCZESNYCH ZIEM POLSKICH
(ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN WRITTEN SOURCES FROM POLISH LANDS)
- Author(s):Tomasz Maćkowski
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:89-111
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:ancient coins; written sources; medieval and modern history of Poland
- Summary/Abstract:There is evidence that during the medieval and modern period, ancient coins in the Polish lands had different functions, ranging from that of currency to personal ornament. This is revealed by the analysis of their archaeological context when recovered during archaeological excavation. However, all too often the interpretation of the archaeological sources might be affected by the presentist limitations of researchers – which make it harder to grasp the historical reality, encourage the construction of poorly substantiated hypotheses, and generally leading them astray. Therefore, every piece of written evidence which is an expression of the mentality of the people of that age is invaluable for our purpose. In the Middle Ages, very little was written about ancient coins. The earliest reference to them comes from 1445 where they are called “Saint John’s pennies” because of the perceived resemblance of the emperor’s head depicted on them to the image of the severed head of Saint John on a platter. Among the simple folk, this belief was deeply ingrained. As everywhere in Europe a fundamental change came with the beginning of the Renaissance. Roman coins found locally and those brought from Western Europe started attracting wider attention. This is reflected in the written record. The 16th century saw the production of the first treatise on the Hebrew monetary system penned by S. Grzepski. Numerous collections were established. Next to monarchs and members of aristocracy, a major role was played by the inhabitants of three cities found in the Baltic province – Toruń, Elbląg and most of all, Gdańsk. This collecting activity generated collections and auction catalogues that have come down to us. The nobility was ready to view the Roman denarii found in Polish lands as a material historical source confirming their mythical descent from Sarmatians. Furthermore, the iconography of ancient coins provided a model for 17th and 18th century coins, tokens and medals.
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THE “SECOND LIFE” OF ANCIENT COINS IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MODERN PERIOD / „DRUGIE ŻYCIE” ANTYCZNYCH MONET W EUROPIE WSCHODNIEJ W ŚREDNIOWIECZU I NOWOŻYTNOŚCI
THE “SECOND LIFE” OF ANCIENT COINS IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MODERN PERIOD / „DRUGIE ŻYCIE” ANTYCZNYCH MONET W EUROPIE WSCHODNIEJ W ŚREDNIOWIECZU I NOWOŻYTNOŚCI
(THE “SECOND LIFE” OF ANCIENT COINS IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MODERN PERIOD)
- Author(s):Kyrylo V. Myzgin
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:113-158
- No. of Pages:46
- Keywords:denarius; Eastern Europe; Kievan Rus; Golden Horde; den’ga; hoard
- Summary/Abstract:The study of ancient coin finds recorded in Eastern Europe in later contexts is a relatively new research problem for this territory. In fact, this publication is the first attempt at a general analysis of this issue. The catalogue of finds contains twenty nine find spots, of which twenty four may be considered reliable. The smallest number of coins dates from the early medieval period. Not a single ancient coin was recorded in a context dated to the Pre-Kievan Rus’ Period (6th–9th centuries), and only three to the period of Kievan Rus (9th–13th centuries), all of them recovered in the north-western territories of Kievan Rus’). Consequently, there is no evidence to uphold the hypothesis of V. Yanin on the derivation of the early Rus’ weight system from the weight standard of the Roman denarius. The late medieval context is represented by thirteen reliable find spots, most of them associated with the Golden Horde hillforts of the Volga region. There is much to suggest the reuse of Late Roman copper coins within the population of the Golden Horde period. Another interesting subject is the possible influence of the iconography of Roman coins on the emergence of some types of late medieval Russian coins. Finally, eight reliable finds have yielded ancient coins found in a modern period context. Most of them are Roman denarii. Their similarity in size with the main 16th–17th century silver denominations of Europe may be treated as evidence that some of them participated in the local monetary circulation. On the other hand, the discovery of ancient coins, made into jewellery or as collectibles, suggests that the possession of a Roman coin also played a prestigious role at this time.
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THE USE AND REUSE OF ROMAN COINS IN VIKING, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD SWEDEN / UŻYTKOWANIE I WTÓRNE WYKORZYSTYWANIE MONET RZYMSKICH W SZWECJI W OKRESIE WIKIŃSKIM, ŚREDNIOWIECZU I NOWOŻYTNOŚCI
THE USE AND REUSE OF ROMAN COINS IN VIKING, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD SWEDEN / UŻYTKOWANIE I WTÓRNE WYKORZYSTYWANIE MONET RZYMSKICH W SZWECJI W OKRESIE WIKIŃSKIM, ŚREDNIOWIECZU I NOWOŻYTNOŚCI
(THE USE AND REUSE OF ROMAN COINS IN VIKING, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD SWEDEN)
- Author(s):Florent Audy
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:159-176
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Roman coins; archaeology; coin-pendants; long term; past in the past
- Summary/Abstract:This article aims at understanding the presence of Roman coins in Viking, medieval and modern period Sweden from an archaeological point of view. It considers all sorts of finds comprising Roman coins, as long as the contexts in which they occur can be dated with sufficient precision. Four main phases are distinguished: early Viking Age ( Phase I: c. 750–990), late Viking Age (Phase II: c. 990–1150), Medieval period (Phase III: c. 1150–1500) and Modern period (Phase IV: c. 1500–c. 1800). Differences in quantity, use and perception clearly emerge between phases. These differences seem to depend mainly on the socio-economic context and the amount of information available for the coins. The fact whether the Roman coins were kept in circulation since they were brought to Sweden in Roman times, were rediscovered at ancient sites or were imported at a late point also seems to have played a very important role in how these coins were perceived.
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FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS FROM THE VIKING AGE TO MODERN PERIODS IN THE TERRITORIES OF DENMARK / ZNALEZISKA MONET ANTYCZNYCH OD OKRESU WIKIŃSKIEGO DO CZASÓW WSPÓŁCZESNYCH Z TERENÓW DANII
FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS FROM THE VIKING AGE TO MODERN PERIODS IN THE TERRITORIES OF DENMARK / ZNALEZISKA MONET ANTYCZNYCH OD OKRESU WIKIŃSKIEGO DO CZASÓW WSPÓŁCZESNYCH Z TERENÓW DANII
(FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS FROM THE VIKING AGE TO MODERN PERIODS IN THE TERRITORIES OF DENMARK)
- Author(s):Halle W. Horsnæs
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:177-199
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:roman coins; coin finds; Viking context; medieval context; modern context
- Summary/Abstract:The article presents examples of finds of ancient coins from Medieval and later contexts in Denmark. It shows that a low number of Roman bronze coins appear in Early Medieval (Viking Age) contexts, notably in and around the Early Medieval emporium at Ribe, while Roman denarii in slightly later silver hoards seems to be a phenomenon so far restricted to the area around the Baltic coast. There is so far little archaeological evidence for the use of Roman coins in medieval religious contexts, and the well documented evidence for the presence of large numbers of Roman coins in Renaissance and later collections is not reflected by unambiguous traces in the archaeological record. Examples of ‘hoards’ of ancient coins that must have been deposited (or lost) recently highlight the problem of dating the deposition (or loss) of Roman coins from fids without a context. Two recent, and so far unique finds, of Roman gold coins from a Viking Age hoard, and the possible use of a sestertius for a Viking Age/medieval brooch are presented.
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ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN ERA IN THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN GERMANY / MONETY ANTYCZNE I ICH FUNKCJE W ŚREDNIOWIECZU I WCZESNEJ EPOCE NOWOŻYTNEJ NA TERYTORIUM NIEMIEC WSCHODNICH
ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN ERA IN THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN GERMANY / MONETY ANTYCZNE I ICH FUNKCJE W ŚREDNIOWIECZU I WCZESNEJ EPOCE NOWOŻYTNEJ NA TERYTORIUM NIEMIEC WSCHODNICH
(ANCIENT COINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN ERA IN THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN GERMANY)
- Author(s):Felix Biermann
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:201-220
- No. of Pages:20
- Keywords:Ancient coins; Middle Ages; early modern era; eastern Germany; re-use of Roman and Byzantine coins
- Summary/Abstract:The paper deals with the question of the re-use of ancient (mainly Roman) coins during the Middle Ages and the early modern era in the former Slavic-settled parts of Eastern (and Northern) Germany. From the 10th/11th century, there is evidence for the re-use of Roman coins, best recognizable with single Roman coins in early medieval silver hoards and with Roman coins probably used as foundation offerings under buildings in the early Modern Era. In view of the few and often not certainly contextualised finds, however, it seems that the re-use of ancient coins was not a distinct phenomenon and was based mainly on incidental finds that were appreciated because of their metal value.
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FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN CONTEXTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA / ZNALEZISKA MONET ANTYCZNYCH W KONTEKSTACH ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I WCZESNONOWOŻYTNYCH NA TERENIE REPUBLIKI CZESKIEJ I SŁOWACJI
FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN CONTEXTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA / ZNALEZISKA MONET ANTYCZNYCH W KONTEKSTACH ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I WCZESNONOWOŻYTNYCH
NA TERENIE REPUBLIKI CZESKIEJ I SŁOWACJI
(FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN CONTEXTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA)
- Author(s):Jiří Militký
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:221-262
- No. of Pages:42
- Keywords:ancient coins; medieval period; graves; hillfort; collecting
- Summary/Abstract:The paper provides an overview of Celtic, Greek, and Roman coins found in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia in contexts of the 8th to 17th centuries. In the Early Middle Ages, coins can be found both in graves and in hillforts. However, only the graves can be considered as certain archaeological contexts. The function of these coins was clearly non-monetary – in most cases they were used as ornaments; from the 9th century on we cannot exclude their symbolic use as the ‘obol of the dead’. In 11th century cemeteries, ancient coins are completely absent. From the 12th century on, these coins were mostly regarded as curious artefacts. An exceptional case is their employment as a foundation offering in a 13th century church in Staré Město u Bruntálu. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages, ancient coins gained a new social function – with the ever deepening interest in Antiquity that is characteristic of this period, they became sought by collectors and thus objects of commerce.
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ROMAN COINS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL HOARD FINDS FROM THE BALTIC STATES / MONETY RZYMSKIE WE WCZESNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH SKARBACH Z KRAJÓW NADBAŁTYCKICH
ROMAN COINS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL HOARD FINDS FROM THE BALTIC STATES / MONETY RZYMSKIE WE WCZESNOŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH SKARBACH Z KRAJÓW NADBAŁTYCKICH
(ROMAN COINS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL HOARD FINDS FROM THE BALTIC STATES)
- Author(s):Anna Zapolska-Downar
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:263-281
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:Roman coins; Balts; silver hoards; medieval context; modern context
- Summary/Abstract:Individual Roman silver coins have been identified in early medieval silver hoards practically everywhere in Europe. However, depending on the region, this phenomenon displays some distinctive features. The largest concentration of Roman coins in early medieval hoards is observed in Scandinavia and in the territory of present-day Poland. In the eastern Baltic region, single denarii have been recorded in finds from the Sambian Peninsula and other parts of Lithuania and Latvia in areas with a greater concentration of Roman period archaeological sites associated with the Balt tribes. Also recorded here are several hundred Roman bronze coins thought to be associated with the amber trade. The largest number of these bronzes is in the territory settled by western Balt tribes; there are more modest numbers in the area settled by eastern Balts. During the Migration period, the flow of Roman silver coins was much smaller. Despite this, single Roman denarii have been recorded in hoards of early silver. These denarii are unlikely to represent early medieval finds picked up on sites of the Roman period, and were probably imported to the region with other silver. In the present study, I propose to establish the time and the source area of the Roman denarii flow to the territory of the Baltic states where subsequently they were deposited in hoards alongside with early medieval silver (coins and/or ornaments).
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COLLECTING OF ANCIENT COINS IN POLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN THE PRE-PARTITION PERIOD / KOLEKCJONERSTWO MONET ANTYCZNYCH W POLSCE I KRAJACH OŚCIENNYCH W OKRESIE PRZEDROZBIOROWYM
COLLECTING OF ANCIENT COINS IN POLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN THE PRE-PARTITION PERIOD / KOLEKCJONERSTWO MONET ANTYCZNYCH
W POLSCE I KRAJACH OŚCIENNYCH W OKRESIE PRZEDROZBIOROWYM
(COLLECTING OF ANCIENT COINS IN POLAND AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN THE PRE-PARTITION PERIOD)
- Author(s):Michał Zawadzki
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:283-300
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:coin collecting; ancient coins; Stanisław August; Jagiellonian University
- Summary/Abstract:Collectors of ancient coins appeared in Poland in the beginning of the Renaissance period. Initially, they were connected with Cracow and the capital town’s university. It is believed that the first collector was Maciej of Miechów, called Miechowita. Concerning other 16th century collectors, one needs to mention Stanisław Grzepski, Wacław Koler, Stanisław Różanka and Stanisław Krasiński. Numismatic collecting came to a halt due to 17th century wars, and flourished in the Enlightenment period during the rule of King Stanisław August. The king himself possessed a considerable collection of ancient coins which was more than eight thousand items strong. The paper also discusses the most important collections in Gdańsk, Silesia and Pomerania.
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FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE - ARCHAICA AS A RESEARCH PROBLEM / Z PRZESZŁOŚCI W PRZYSZŁOŚĆ - ARCHAIKA JAKO PROBLEM BADAWCZY NA PODSTAWIE ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH MATERIAŁÓW Z EUROPY ŚRODKOWO-WSCHODNIEJ
FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE - ARCHAICA AS A RESEARCH PROBLEM / Z PRZESZŁOŚCI W PRZYSZŁOŚĆ - ARCHAIKA JAKO PROBLEM BADAWCZY NA PODSTAWIE ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH MATERIAŁÓW
Z EUROPY ŚRODKOWO-WSCHODNIEJ
(FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE - ARCHAICA AS A RESEARCH PROBLEM (ON THE BASIS OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD FINDS FROM EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE))
- Author(s):Tomasz Kurasiński, Kalina Skóra
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:301-366
- No. of Pages:66
- Keywords:archaica; medieval period; modern period; recycling; East-Central Europe
- Summary/Abstract:This paper discusses ancient and prehistoric non-monetary finds in East-Central Europe that were recorded in medieval and modern period contexts. The presence of earlier cultural finds in chronologically later contexts is one of the more interesting phenomena that are identifiable archaeologically. It includes a number of diverse issues, as it concerns not only the reception of artefacts themselves. Such items are a highly heterogeneous assemblage of finds, and the only thing that they have in common is their distant chronology. Each category of finds may have been related to different belief, symbolic and semantic contents, and the meaning of some of these items combines numerous intertwined and complementary functions and applications. The paper deals with the assortment of items that appear as archaica; it also discusses their users, the methods and circum stances of acquisition of such artefacts, as well as the underlying reasons (economic, aesthetic values, awareness of their distant chronology, magical and healing traits) and manners in which they were used, including various methods of recycling.
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CATALOGUE OF FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN CONTEXTS OF THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND / KATALOG MONET ANTYCZNYCH ZNALEZIONYCH W KONTEKSTACH ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH (VII-XVIII WIEK) NA TERENIE OBECNEJ POLSKI
CATALOGUE OF FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN CONTEXTS OF THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND / KATALOG MONET ANTYCZNYCH ZNALEZIONYCH W KONTEKSTACH ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH I NOWOŻYTNYCH (VII-XVIII WIEK) NA TERENIE OBECNEJ POLSKI
(CATALOGUE OF FINDS OF ANCIENT COINS IN CONTEXTS OF THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIOD (7TH-18TH CENTURY) IN THE TERRITORY OF PRESENT-DAY POLAND)
- Author(s):Mateusz Bogucki, Arkadiusz Dymowski, Grzegorz Śnieżko
- Language:English, Polish
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:367-442
- No. of Pages:76
- Keywords:catalogue; Greek; Celtic and Roman coins
- Summary/Abstract:The Catalogue is intended to cover all ancient coins finds (i.e. pre-AD 6th century Greek, Celtic and Roman coins) recorded by December 2017 from medieval or modern period context (dated approximately from the 7th century AD until the turn of the 18th century) from Poland. The finds are listed in the alphabetical order entered under the name reported as their find-spot – village, town, city, or a geographical feature (peat bog). The letter “U” preceding a find number indicates very spurious finds and ones that are very unlikely to originate from a medieval or a modern context although in some cases reported as such, and consequently not included in the descriptions, maps and analyses presented in the preceding chapters of this monograph. Thay have been listed in the end of the Catalogue as the List of uncertain finds. And unless otherwise indicated, they have not been included in any of the maps of the finds.
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