Naslov
Tragovi skupnih nalaza zlatnog rimskog carskog novca iz Slavonije u Numizmatičkoj zbirci Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu
(Traces of Roman Imperial gold coins from Slavonia in the Zagreb Archaeological Museum Numismatic Collection)

Autori
Mirnik, Ivan

Izvornik
Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu (0350-7165) 42 (2009); 519-524

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

Ključne riječi
numizmatika; rimski carski novac; skupni nalaz; zlato; Slavonija; Osijek; Čepin; Vinkovci; Mursa; Cibalae; Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu
(numismatics; Roman Imperial coins; coin hoards; gold; Slavonija; Osijek; Čepin; Vinkovci; Mursa; Cibalae; The Zagreb Archaeological Museum)

Sažetak
As usually happens, coin hoards rarely reach a museum in their complete and pristine state to be seen and studied by experts. The most problematic are of course hoards containing gold coins of any period. Some time ago remnants of hoards of mediaeval and more recent gold coins were brought to the attention of scholarly circles (MIRNIK 1994). Going through the Zagreb Archaeological Museum Numismatic Collection scarce specimens of Roman Imperial gold coins from three or even four hoards excavated in Slavonia have been selected for this paper. Thus for instance there is an aureus struck under Elagabalus (218-222) which belonged to a treasure trove discovered in Osijek (Mursa) in the spring of 1897, at the Banus Josip Jelačić Square in the Lower Town when the pavement was repaired. The hoard consisted of gold coins of Elagabalus (7 + 1 specimens) and Alexander Severus (222-235 ; 4 specimens), and silver coins of Gordianus III (238-244), a beautiful gold ring with an agate intaglio representing Jupiter's eagle and a gold nugget (CELESTIN 1897 ; 1899 ; MIRNIK 1981: 67: 199 ; GÖRICKE-LUKIĆ 1997: 45, 49, 54-). The surviving part of the hoard was for a short time owned by the well-known Osijek collector Carl Franz Nuber (*1872 +1935), who presented it to the Slavonian Museum on April 12, 1897. It was first published by Vjekoslav Celestin (*1861 +1936). In the Slavonian Museum in Osijek are the following aurei from this hoard (RIC 25, 37 – 2 specimens, 39, 57, 121) and Alexander Severus (RIC 4, 6, 159) There are no details about the other assumed coin hoards. The two rare gold coins struck under Magnentius (reigned from August 350 to August 11, 353), the brother of Decentius (spring 351 – August 18, 353), are only known to have found at Čepin, one does not known when or under what circumstances, but it must have been before 1912, when they were bought for the Zagreb Archaeological Museum Numismatic Collection together with the considerable coin collection owned by Oskar Antunović Friml of Osijek. The third small number of almost contemporary solidi came from Vinkovci (Cibalae): one solidus of Constantine I (306/7–337), one of Crispus (-326) and two solidi of Constantius II (323-361). Constantine's gold coin entered the Zagreb collection as part of the Friml Collection in 1912 ; the solidus of Crispus and one solidus of Constantius II were presented to the Museum from the Vinkovci community property in 1901, the second solidus struck under Constantius II was purchased in 1909 from Jakob Wendling. The last was noted to have been found close to the Vinkovci water tower, but we lack the date and circumstances. Therefore, if we consider these coins as remnants of a dispersed hoard, it must have been unearthed before 1901.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski, engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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