SZ. BURGER ALICE: LATE ROMAN MONEY CIRCULATION IN SOUTH-PANNONIA / Régészeti Füzetek II/22. (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Budapest, 1981
THE STUDY OF MONEY CIRCULATION OF DIFFERENT SITESIN SOUTH-PANNONIA
IV. THE STUDY OF MONEY CIRCULATION OF DIFFERENT SITES IN SOUTH-PANNONIA At the processing of the data of 18 264 late Roman bronze coins programmed for the computer we have differentiated among three main types of sites: At the analysis of the hoards it has become clear that the time-wise division of the individual closed find is the following: one-third may be dated to PHASE A (coins from 324 to 364 ) ; two-thirds to PHASE B (coins from 364 to 37 5). A characteristic feature of the hoards is that the coins of Procopius could hitherto be found only in closed finds. In the case of the closed finds the trend, that the graphs of those of limited number and those of- large number do not agres, should be stressed, and that even they offer different data within short stages (Figs. 8-9). We have succeeded in showing in the case of the late material (PHASE B) of large quantity coming from the mint of SIS that the reverse types of the coins produced for the Emperors had an alternating proportion, perhaps due to meeting certain needs within the duration of a given period (Figs. 39., 41., 43). Further precision was offered during the early ( A.D. 364-367 = Period B/l ) and the late ( A.D. 367-375 = Period B/ 2) period of the mint of SIS on the basis of Figs. 4447. The study of the 106 coins of PHASE C (coins from 375 to 378 ) has shown that one should differentiate between the ensemble of finds closed around 350, and those closed around 375-378 (normally commencing with pieces from the 3rd century). While the closed finds completed around 350 may have really been the basis of "soldier* s pay", in the case of the latter ones questions related to the road network should also be kept in mind and the possibility of customs station should not be excluded either. In connection with the closed finds we have to refer to questions of the monetary circulation of the Barbaricum as well. By including the closed finds of Öcsöd and Tedej into my system it turned out that whichever analysis we may see, no difference whatsoever can be identified between closed finds of the same age and type of South-Pannonia and of the Barbaricum. At the analysis of the closed finds we could establish that distribution by the Emperors was proportionate at some sites whereas the coins of Valens exced hal f of the total quantity of closed coins. The results of the study of the reverse of the material of closed finds show that the coins of Valentinian I - Valens were produced in almost the same quantity (and proportion) of the types Gloria Romanorum and of Securitas in both periods of PHASE B ( B/l = 364 - 367; B/2 367-37 5 ). Whereas in the case of the coins of Gratian the type Securitas occurs in greater proportion. Studying the entire circulation of coins of the closed finds of the entire South-Pannonia (Fig. 61) it can be shown in connection with the mints that as far as proportions were concerned, SIS was immediately followed by ROM, AQU and THE. CON and CYZ are represented only by 3 per cent respectively, whereas the remaining 25 per cent contains the activity of the other Eastern and Gallic mints in PHASE B. The summary of the proportionate share of the individual sites is given in Fig. 60. 1. HOARDS 2. SETTLEMENTS, TOWNS 3. CEMETERIES, GRAVES 15 289 pieces 1 585 " 1 390 Total: 18 264 1 38
