Senior Researcher in Ancient Numismatics, especially Hellenistic from the Black Sea region, working at the Numismatic Department of the Library of the Romanian Academy (head of) and Psesident of the Romanian Numismatic Society.
A significant discussion about what we know concerning the huge hoard found by the treasure hunte... more A significant discussion about what we know concerning the huge hoard found by the treasure hunters at Sarmizegetusa Regia in 1998. There are relevant connections whith Burebista's campaign on the Black Sea shore.
Accidentally discovered in September 1982 on the territory of Abrud village (Adamclisi, Constantz... more Accidentally discovered in September 1982 on the territory of Abrud village (Adamclisi, Constantza county), the hoard is kept at the Museum for National History and Archaeology in Constantza. It contains 2060 silver coins(1850 AR, 209 ant. and 1 drachm struck at Caesarea Cappadociae for Septimius Severus) from Vespasianus to Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus, as follows: Vespasianus 5 AR, Titus 1 AR, Trajan 5 AR, Hadrian 1 AR, Antoninus Pius 24 AR, Antoninus Pius : Diva Faustina 8 AR, Antoninus Pius : Marcus Aurelius Caesar 1 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Divus Antoninus 1 AR, Marcus Aurelius 17 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Faustina II 4 AR, Lucius Verus 1 AR, Lucilla 2 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Commodus Caesar 1 AR, Commodus 71 AR, Commodus : Crispina 2 AR, Pertinax 3 AR, Didius Iulianus : Manlia Scantilla 1 AR, Clodius Albinus 13 AR, Septimius Severus 401 AR, Caesarea Cappadociae : Septimius Severus 1 drh., Septimius Severus : lulia Domna 159 AR, Septimius Severus : Caracalla 174 AR, Caracalla : Plautilla 15 AR, Septimius Severus : Geta 77 AR, Caracalla 55 AR, Caracalla : Geta 2 AR, Caracalla : lulia Domna 12 AR, Macrinus 6 AR, Macrinua : Diadumenianus 4 AR, Elagabal 221 AR, Elagabal : Iulia Soaemias 24 AR, Elagabal : lulia Maesa 61 AR, Elagabal : Cornelia Paula 16 AR, Elagabal : Aquilia Severa 2 AR, Elagabal : Severus Alexander Caesar 1 AR, Severus Alexander 345 AR, Severus Alexander : Orbiana 4 AR, Severus Alexander : lulia Mamaea 83 AR, Maximinus I 24 AR, Maximinus I : Maximus 2 AR, Maximinus I : Paulina 1 AR, Balbinus 1 ant., Gordianus III 95 ant., Philip I 40 ant., Philip I : Otacilia 2 ant., Philip II 2 ant., Decius 46 ant., Decius : Herennia Etruscilla 3 ant., Decius : Herennius Etruscus 7 ant., Decius : Hostilian 4 ant., Trebonianus Callus 7 ant., Trebonianus Gallus : Volusianus 2 ant. The most of these coins are issues from the years 193 to 211 A. D. (808, almost 40 %); 791 of them were struck for Septimius Severus and his family. The Severian issues -1675 coins - represent more than 88 % from the hoard, relatively equal distributed between the years 193-217 (909; 44,12 %) and 217-235 (766; 37,18 %). The other coins of the hoard are preseverian issues (148; 7,18 %) or belong to the years between 235 and 252 (237; 11,50 %). The discovery from Abrud is a classical example of the so-called "accumulation hoard". It has a very different structure than the contemporary discoveries from Camena (Baia, Tulcea county) or from the southern Roman Dacia - Râureni (Rm. Vâlcea, Vâlcea county), Stănesti (Stănesti, Vâlcea county), Strâmtu (Slivilesti, Gorj county), Şisesti (Şisesti, Mehedinti county) - in which the Severian coins represent 20, respectively 30 %. The latest coins from the Abrud hoard were struck for Trebonianus Gallus, 7 (RIC, 41: 3; RIC, 71: 1; RIC, 72: 3) or Volusianus, 2 (RIC, 167). Following the chronology of E. Besly and R. Bland, they belong to the issues IIa (Gallus, RIC, 41), III (Volusianus, RIC, 167) and V (Callus, RIC, 71 and 73) from Rome; the issues II and V are, in fact, contemporary and were struck at the end of the year 251. The hoard confirms the observations regarding the constant appearance in the Balkan discoveries of the issues II - especially Ila - and V together. The presence of a single coin from the III issue, dated at the beginning of the year 252, suggests that the hoard is buried in the first months of the year, probably in winter. .
The authors published 94 coins - Roman, Byzantine and from the Golden Horde-from the collection o... more The authors published 94 coins - Roman, Byzantine and from the Golden Horde-from the collection of the Numismatic Department from the Library of the Romanian Academy, all of them discovered at Nufaru, Tulcea county. We have theree Roman coins, from Probus, Constantine II as Caesar and Justin II, 90 Byzantine issues - Basil II- Constantine VIII 17, Roman III 5, Michael IV 9, Constantine IX 19, Constantine X 13, Roman IV 6, Michael VII 1, Nikephoros III 7, Alexius I 12, John II 1 - and from Nogai one issue. Also, the authors offer for the first time a presentation of all the monetary discoveries from the Roman and Byzantine settlement from Nufăru, Tulcea county (ancient Thalamonium?); 42 of them were stroked during the I to VII centuries A.D. The last two coins are from Heraklius (years 610-611 and 612-613). They confirm the fall of the settlement during the years 614-615 A.D. Fro the next centuries, we can speak about the greatest extent of the settlement during the XI t h century. The next century is basly represented, probably because of the Cuman attack from 1122. A new development is proved by the coins from the XIII t h century (including gold coins from John III), just to the brutal end of the settlement under the Tartar invasion from 1242. So for the second half of the XIII t h century and for the XIV t h century we have only coins of the Golden Horde.
Source: Peuce (New Series) History and Archaeology Studies and Research (Peuce (Serie Nouă) Studi... more Source: Peuce (New Series) History and Archaeology Studies and Research (Peuce (Serie Nouă) Studii şi cercetari de istorie şi arheologie), issue: 34 / 20052006, pages: 375398, on www.ceeol.com. ... DESCOPERIRI ROMANE ŞI ROMANO-BIZANTINE LA NUFĂRU
An interesting investigation to recover an old hoard of diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesemb... more An interesting investigation to recover an old hoard of diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria discovered in the ancient Tomis.
A significant discussion about what we know concerning the huge hoard found by the treasure hunte... more A significant discussion about what we know concerning the huge hoard found by the treasure hunters at Sarmizegetusa Regia in 1998. There are relevant connections whith Burebista's campaign on the Black Sea shore.
Accidentally discovered in September 1982 on the territory of Abrud village (Adamclisi, Constantz... more Accidentally discovered in September 1982 on the territory of Abrud village (Adamclisi, Constantza county), the hoard is kept at the Museum for National History and Archaeology in Constantza. It contains 2060 silver coins(1850 AR, 209 ant. and 1 drachm struck at Caesarea Cappadociae for Septimius Severus) from Vespasianus to Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus, as follows: Vespasianus 5 AR, Titus 1 AR, Trajan 5 AR, Hadrian 1 AR, Antoninus Pius 24 AR, Antoninus Pius : Diva Faustina 8 AR, Antoninus Pius : Marcus Aurelius Caesar 1 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Divus Antoninus 1 AR, Marcus Aurelius 17 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Faustina II 4 AR, Lucius Verus 1 AR, Lucilla 2 AR, Marcus Aurelius : Commodus Caesar 1 AR, Commodus 71 AR, Commodus : Crispina 2 AR, Pertinax 3 AR, Didius Iulianus : Manlia Scantilla 1 AR, Clodius Albinus 13 AR, Septimius Severus 401 AR, Caesarea Cappadociae : Septimius Severus 1 drh., Septimius Severus : lulia Domna 159 AR, Septimius Severus : Caracalla 174 AR, Caracalla : Plautilla 15 AR, Septimius Severus : Geta 77 AR, Caracalla 55 AR, Caracalla : Geta 2 AR, Caracalla : lulia Domna 12 AR, Macrinus 6 AR, Macrinua : Diadumenianus 4 AR, Elagabal 221 AR, Elagabal : Iulia Soaemias 24 AR, Elagabal : lulia Maesa 61 AR, Elagabal : Cornelia Paula 16 AR, Elagabal : Aquilia Severa 2 AR, Elagabal : Severus Alexander Caesar 1 AR, Severus Alexander 345 AR, Severus Alexander : Orbiana 4 AR, Severus Alexander : lulia Mamaea 83 AR, Maximinus I 24 AR, Maximinus I : Maximus 2 AR, Maximinus I : Paulina 1 AR, Balbinus 1 ant., Gordianus III 95 ant., Philip I 40 ant., Philip I : Otacilia 2 ant., Philip II 2 ant., Decius 46 ant., Decius : Herennia Etruscilla 3 ant., Decius : Herennius Etruscus 7 ant., Decius : Hostilian 4 ant., Trebonianus Callus 7 ant., Trebonianus Gallus : Volusianus 2 ant. The most of these coins are issues from the years 193 to 211 A. D. (808, almost 40 %); 791 of them were struck for Septimius Severus and his family. The Severian issues -1675 coins - represent more than 88 % from the hoard, relatively equal distributed between the years 193-217 (909; 44,12 %) and 217-235 (766; 37,18 %). The other coins of the hoard are preseverian issues (148; 7,18 %) or belong to the years between 235 and 252 (237; 11,50 %). The discovery from Abrud is a classical example of the so-called "accumulation hoard". It has a very different structure than the contemporary discoveries from Camena (Baia, Tulcea county) or from the southern Roman Dacia - Râureni (Rm. Vâlcea, Vâlcea county), Stănesti (Stănesti, Vâlcea county), Strâmtu (Slivilesti, Gorj county), Şisesti (Şisesti, Mehedinti county) - in which the Severian coins represent 20, respectively 30 %. The latest coins from the Abrud hoard were struck for Trebonianus Gallus, 7 (RIC, 41: 3; RIC, 71: 1; RIC, 72: 3) or Volusianus, 2 (RIC, 167). Following the chronology of E. Besly and R. Bland, they belong to the issues IIa (Gallus, RIC, 41), III (Volusianus, RIC, 167) and V (Callus, RIC, 71 and 73) from Rome; the issues II and V are, in fact, contemporary and were struck at the end of the year 251. The hoard confirms the observations regarding the constant appearance in the Balkan discoveries of the issues II - especially Ila - and V together. The presence of a single coin from the III issue, dated at the beginning of the year 252, suggests that the hoard is buried in the first months of the year, probably in winter. .
The authors published 94 coins - Roman, Byzantine and from the Golden Horde-from the collection o... more The authors published 94 coins - Roman, Byzantine and from the Golden Horde-from the collection of the Numismatic Department from the Library of the Romanian Academy, all of them discovered at Nufaru, Tulcea county. We have theree Roman coins, from Probus, Constantine II as Caesar and Justin II, 90 Byzantine issues - Basil II- Constantine VIII 17, Roman III 5, Michael IV 9, Constantine IX 19, Constantine X 13, Roman IV 6, Michael VII 1, Nikephoros III 7, Alexius I 12, John II 1 - and from Nogai one issue. Also, the authors offer for the first time a presentation of all the monetary discoveries from the Roman and Byzantine settlement from Nufăru, Tulcea county (ancient Thalamonium?); 42 of them were stroked during the I to VII centuries A.D. The last two coins are from Heraklius (years 610-611 and 612-613). They confirm the fall of the settlement during the years 614-615 A.D. Fro the next centuries, we can speak about the greatest extent of the settlement during the XI t h century. The next century is basly represented, probably because of the Cuman attack from 1122. A new development is proved by the coins from the XIII t h century (including gold coins from John III), just to the brutal end of the settlement under the Tartar invasion from 1242. So for the second half of the XIII t h century and for the XIV t h century we have only coins of the Golden Horde.
Source: Peuce (New Series) History and Archaeology Studies and Research (Peuce (Serie Nouă) Studi... more Source: Peuce (New Series) History and Archaeology Studies and Research (Peuce (Serie Nouă) Studii şi cercetari de istorie şi arheologie), issue: 34 / 20052006, pages: 375398, on www.ceeol.com. ... DESCOPERIRI ROMANE ŞI ROMANO-BIZANTINE LA NUFĂRU
An interesting investigation to recover an old hoard of diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesemb... more An interesting investigation to recover an old hoard of diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria discovered in the ancient Tomis.
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