Naslov
Ostava bizantskih zlatnika iz Narone. Summary: A Hoard of Byzantine Gold Coins from Narona
(A Hoard of Byzantine Gold Coins from Narona)

Autori
Marović, Ivan

Izvornik
Vjesnik za arheologiju i povijest dalmatinsku =Vjesnik za arheologiju i historiju dalmatinsku) (1845-7789) 99 (2006); 235-252

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
ostava bizantskih zlatnika; tremissis Mauricija Tiberija; uništenje Narone
(hoard of Byzantine gold coins; tremissis of Mauricius Tiberius; destruction of Narona)

Sažetak
A hoard of Byzantine gold coins, found in 1901 in the village of Vid, the Roman Narona, is significant for explaining the turbulent period on the eastern Adriatic coast at the turn of the 7th century. According the the letters kept in the archives of the Archaeological Museum in Split, the hoard was found accidentally within the walls of Narona, in the remains of Roman architecture near the forum. The hoard, in which among Byzantine coins there was also some Late Roman gold jewellery, was published by Don Frane Bulić in 1902. While revising the hoard, it was established that out of 65 specimens of Byzantine gold coins (53 solidi and 12 tremisses) and two bronze coins (Probus and Maximianus Herculius), published by Bulić, there were one solidus of Justin II and two tremisses of Tiberius II missing. A solidus of Mauricius Tiberius and two tremisses of Anthemius and Zeno were added later to the hoard as uncertain, and are noted at the end of the catalogue (nos 65-67). Some incorrect attributions by Bylić to certain Byzantine emperors, present in the literature ever since, were corrected. It has been established that the solidi of Justinian I (527-565) were the earliest coins in the hoard and not the tremisses of Justin I (518-527), incorrectly attributed by Bulić to Justin II (565-578). The latest coin was a tremissis of Mauricius Tiberius (582-602), which had been attributed to Tiberius II (578-582). There are coins of the following Byzantine emperors in the hoard: 24 solidi of Justinian I, 23 solidi and 6 tremisses of Justin II, 5 solidi and 3 tremisses of Tiberius II and 1 tremissis of Mauricius Tiberius. Only two solidi (Justinian I and Justin II) were issued in Rome and one in Ravenna (Tiberius II), while the rest of the coins came from the Constantinople mint. The hypothesis is that the coins were brought ftom Constantinople to some official of the Byzantine administration or the military commander of the army unit situated in or near Narona, after the fall of Sirmium under the Avar invasion in 582. The reign of Mauricius Tiberius is also the terminus post quem non for the destruction of Narona.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski, engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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