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

I. INTRODUCTION

leading positions until the end of currency. Intercisa passes Aquincum between 285 and 3o5 A. D. and between 337 and 36l A. D. with its bigger number of coins, whereas their values are the same between 364 and 375 A. D.

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c>9 MINTS The distribution of coinage by mints was observed in the case of scattered coins, grave and treasure finds (Finds No. VI-VIII) from the time of Septimius Severus on. Rome (358 coins) and Viminacium (56 coins) are the two mints which provide most of the coins until Gallienus

, but the coins of Antioch (19), Siscia (ll), Mediolanum (6), Emesa (6), Laodicaea (5), and Alexandria (l) occur also. From graves we have coins only from Viminacium (12) and Rome (6) mints. A few early pieces of Find No. VII come from this period, there are also the products of the Rome (4) and Viminacium (i) mints. Find No. VIII has coins from the mints of Rome (9) and Siscia (2).