THE ROMAN METROPOLIS CARNVNTVM REVEALS MORE GOLD COINS

Cristian Gazdac, Eduard Pollhammer, Werner Melchart

Abstract


By presenting new evidence on gold coin finds, this paper is discussing the possibility that the Roman metropolis of Carnuntum - a 10 sqkm archaeological site – may be one of the highest providers of the single gold coin finds among the Roman sites.

Keywords


Gold coins, Carnuntum, aureus, solidus

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DOI: 10.14795/j.v6i2.401

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