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Some rare types of Roman Imperial coins from the northern part of the Crotian Adriatic

Great amount of versatile numismatic material has been discovered on the northern part of the Croatian Adriatic thanks to numerous systematic and rescue archaeological excavations during the last few decades. This kind of archaeological finds improves our knowledge about money distribution, as well as about economic circumstances in general in the region of ancient Liburnia. Certain numismatic finds from this region are exceptionally interesting, as they are not known in the current scientific literature. The first such find was minted in Rome during Trajan's reign. It is exceptional because the same scene appears on both sides of the coin, both being obverse. Large Emperor's bust is in the central part of the coin, laureated, faced to the right. The inscription around the central scene reads IMP CAES NERVA TRAJAN AVG GERM P M. Such inscriptions were common during the first years of the Trajan's reign. This copper coin belongs to the denomination called as according to its size, weight and metal. Roman Imperial coins with identical scene on both sides (either two obverses or two reverses) are exceptionally rare. Such coins belong to asses in most cases, usually with two obverses. The oldest examples of such coins date back to the second half of the first century, during Titus and Domitian's reign, and they also appear later occasionally, in the second and third centuries. Three types of asses with identical scenes on both sides appear during Trajan's reign, but the type of copper coin from Trajan's time found in Roman necropolis at the position Relja in Zadar is not mentioned in the Roman Imperial Coinage. The second interesting copper coin belongs to Constantin II, with the caesar's title. It was minted in Thessaloniki (Tessalonica). Two armed soldiers with two standards i.e. military signs between them are presented on the obverse, with the inscription GLORIA EXERCITVS. This kind of coin is not rare, but the combination of the legend GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, with the abbreviation in exergue SMTSΓ definitely is (it is not known in the catalogue Roman Imperial Coinage). This coin form the Late Antiquity was found on the island of Pag in the Novalja region, where Roman town of Cissa was situated. It is preserved in the museum collection "Stomorica". Described numismatic material from the northern part of the Croatian Adriatic has not been presented scientifically which is a necessity as it can improve our knowledge about Roman Imperial coins.

Zadar; Iader; Novalja; Roman coins

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