BÍRÓ-SEY KATALIN: COINS FROM IDENTIFIED SITES OF BRIGETIO AND THE QUESTION OF LOCAL CURRENCY / Régészeti Füzetek II/18. (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Budapest, 1977)

V. "A COIN HOARD FROM BRIGETIO"

RIC V/lI. 2o7, 286, 287 are the dates before there was au minting in Siscia RIC VI. 455. 293-294 gold minting in Siscia. V. "A COIN HOARD FROM BRIGETIO" Roman coins in a vessel were found in 1885 in Szőny, north of the Roman military camp in the grape growing area between the highway and the Danube. The find included gold medalions, aurei and 46 denarii. /Hampel, J.

: A coin hoard from Brigetio. Arch. Ert. New Series. II. (I89l), 35o-352./ According to Hampel the golds and eight denarii got to the Numismatic Department of the Hungarian National Museum. The identifications of these are given in his paper. This is not correct though, because only the golds are catalogued there under inv. no. Io4.

1884. Later it was found that the hoard included more than the ones mentioned above. Some pieces, thus two gold medalions were lost. One found its way to the Trau Collection, the other to the Collection of Bachofen von Echt. Bibliography concerning the find: NZ 23(1891 ), 85-88.; NZ 23(l89l), 89-94.; NZ 25(1894), 1-4.; NK 4(l9o5), 85-86.; NK 5(l9o6), 127-28.; B.Sey, K. - Gedai, I.

: Coin treasures, (Budapest, 1972), 32-33. no. l6-2o. AuMdl Au D Numerian 2 Diocletian I 3 2 Maximianus 13 I Constantinus I 2 Galerius 3 NUMERIAN 1. Au 283/284 Sis RIC 451 2. Au " " RIC 458 DIOCLETIAN 8 pieces AuMdl 293 Tic Au Au Au D? D? before 29o about 29o A.D. 29o 284/3o5 Rom Sis Rom ? ? Av: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG head r. Rv: CONSERVAT AVGG V ET IIII COS Jupiter sits I on throne, h sp in his lifted I hand, thunderbolt in his r, eagle in front of him. SMT RIC 147 RIC 25o cf. RIC n.h., C 221 C

1 84 C

1 9o PROM ? 9 135