SCOUTING FOR POST-ROMAN COINAGE AT CARNUNTUM - AN UNUSUAL METHOD OF NUMISMATIC RESEARCH
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Carnuntum, Byzantine coins, Ostrogothic coins, dark centuries, private collectionsAbstract
As a contribution to the on-going discussion about Carnuntum's post-Roman period, the authors have conducted a private research among the many treasure hunters and coin collectors of the region. It turned out that the “clandestine” local finds of Byzantine coins (the prevailing currency in the area during the so-called dark centuries) outnumbered the officially reported finds, but were of the same order of magnitude. As a by-product, we discovered a small number of Ostrogothic and Carolingian coins, representing the widely neglected Germanic element of Carnuntum’s find coins. Thus, our data collection helps to fill some of the gaps in the Carnuntum coin finds spectrum, which still exist for the time of approx. 400 - 1100 A.D. The results indicate once more the outstanding position of Carnuntum as a trading place - even during the dark centuries.Downloads
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