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

The mint of Thessaloniki provide the second biggest amount of scattered coins, and the coins of Find VI, Aquileia provides most of the Finds VII and VIII; whereas Siscia and Sirmium provide the majority of coins from graves. The third place for scattered coins is taken by Siscia; in Finds VI and VII Constantinople provides most; and in the case of Find VIII, Thessaioniki. The ci:st ribi:

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!,••;o d th - period. Most coins come from the provincial mints or from mints FROM CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TO 375 A.D. Scattered Find No. Graves coins VI VII VIII Lon 2 I Tre 3 1 3 Lug 5 I 2 9 Are 17 3 35 Tic 9 3 Rom 31 4 12 6o III 2 Aqu 44 9 II 15 II l6o Sis I 459 I 35 I 119 I 848 II 3 Sir III 48 5 71 II 3 The II 79 II 12 lo III 113 Her 28 5 2o Con 13 III lo III 14 57 I lo Nik 8 I 5 25 I Kyz 31 4 3 39 I Ant 12 4 6 Ale I 2 5 From the few coins struck after 375 A.D., very few mint marks are legible. Coins from this period appear only among the scattered ones, and from Find No. VIII. Most frequent among the scattered coins are from mints of Aquileia, Siscia, and Rome. The same order of frequency can be observed in Find No. VIII, AFTER 375 A.D. Mints Scattered Find No. coins VIII Lug I Rom 4 I Aqu I 19 I 12 Sis II lo II 3 Sir I Her 2 Nik I Kyz I 1 25