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

SUMMARY Hoards: - composition of closed finds: one-third PHASE A (324-364) two-thirds PHASE B (364-375) - Curves of monetary circulation of closed finds of many items (Fig. 8. ) and of the less numerous ones are not identical, but differences may be shown within smaller periods of time. - The coins of Procopius (

A. D. 365-36

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) have so far occurred only in closed finds. - By studying the sites of the finds hidden around 375 as well as those that are associated with coins after 375 the importance of the role of road network has to be raised together with the possibility of the customs stations along the roadr, the mansio, etc. and "public pay offices". - The possible "public pay offices" may have been hidden under the ground not only because of an immediate military action, but also because of the insecure economic situation due to permanent political unrest, and of quick inflation (cf. p. 153. Note 17.). Settlements, towns: - The monetary circulation of the town of SOPIANAE (Pécs) was relatively high in PHASE A (

324-364

) in comparison to the total of 4228 pieces, and it jumped particularly high in PHASE B (

364-378

) during the years 367-375 if compared to the total of 1 3 930 pieces (Fig. 54). - In PHASE C (

375-378

) of SOPIANAE (Pécs) I have found material only in the monetary circulation of the town. Cemeteries, graves: - The curve of the material originating from all the cemeteries between A.D. 349-35

5 agrees with the trend of the curves of the "big" closed finds (Figs. 8-11). - Data of the so-called "warrior's graves" that can be fitted into the same period offer important observations regarding the activities of some individual mints. - Data of money circulation of some completely processed cemeteries (e.g. Somogyszil) show identical trends with a smaller closed find (Mernye). - The poverty of the cemeteries of the towns and the richess of the rural cemeteries is not related to economic factors but to ritual rules of Christianity. - The increased number of the coins between A. D. 360-36

3 is in connection with the period of the renaissance of Paganism under Julian. - On the basis of the study of various ccins and years from sites of different types (4th pair of questions cf. p. 22-23.) it schould be stressed that everyday life can be best studied during PHASE A in the material of cemeteries. Finally, let us survey some similarities and differences that can be identified in South-Pannonia on the basis of the data of the money circulation of some groups of sites under examination: SIMILARITIES - The money circulation of the towns of SOPIANAE (Pécs) and of TRICCIANA (Ságvár) are identical. They separately agree with the monetary circulation of: MAJS, S. SZIL, SOMODOR (Cemet. ) (Study of Mints - Sites, cf. p. 14-16.) - The closed find from the Barbaricum of ÖCSÖD agrees with the closed find of ZSOFIA-ptaVeszprém, while the material of ZSOFIA-pta agrees with the closed find of MAROK (cf. p. 14-16. ). 1 47