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

IV. "GOLD HOARD FROM BRIGETIO"

IV. "GOLD HOARD FROM BRIGETIO" A gold hoard came to light in 1946 in the surroundings of Szőny next to the praetorium of the camp. It included seven aurei of the end of the third century A.D., jewelry, rings, bracelets, and other gold objects. The last coins ons the find were struck between 286 and 289 A.D. The pieces are catalogued under inv. no.: 62.1946 in the Numismatic Depatment of the Hungarian National Museum. /R. Alföldi, M.

: Gold hoard from Brigetio. NK 48-49, (l949-5o), 5-9/. M. Alföldi considers 287 A.D. the closing date for the find. Carinus Diocletian Maximianus I Total 2 pieces I piece 4 pieces 7 pieces CARINUS I. Au 283/285 2. DIOCLETIAN 3. MAXIMIANUS I 4. 5. 6. 7. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Au Au Au Au Au 283/285 286 283/289 287 Rom Rom Sis ? Sis ? RIC n. h. , C n. h. ob: IMP CARINVS PF AVG laur head r, in p and armor rv: VIR-TV-S AVG the emperor rides r, fallen enemy turning back in front on him, whom he spears (Fig. 125) RIC 232 RIC 148 RIC 574 RIC 574 cf ob: laur helmeted in armor to r. RIC n. h. , C n. h. ob: IMP C MAXIMIANUS PF AVG laur helmeted in armor to r. rv: MATI PRO-PVG-NATORI Mars stg r, h sh and sr diagonally (Fig. 126) (Fig. 127) NME 62.1946.1, such rv: RIC l7o - Carinus as caesar but quinarius 5, 28 g. NMÉ 62.1946. 2. NMÉ 62.1946. 3. NMÉ 62.1946. 5. dating: Pink, K. : NZ 64. (I93l) 53. NMÉ 62. 1946. 6. NOTES "GOLD HOARD FROM BRIGETIO" 6-7. NME 62.1946.4. (2) RIC does not know such golds of Maximian I but there is gold minting in Siscia in 293-294. A.D. in 5, 5 g weight, 6. 5, 4o g (Fig. 126) 7. 5,82 g (Fig. 127) without mark. We think tehese aurei to be struck there and then. 134