Conveners
S48. ROME 14. FINDS AND CIRCULATION 1
- Charles Parisot-Sillon (IRAMAT-CEB (CNRS & University of Orleans))
The federal Achaean coinage of the Hellenistic period was produced in a civic framework, in silver of poorer quality than that of the coins of central Greece and the Aetolian Koinon. New elements of the monetary history of the Aetolian Koinon will be presented. The results of LA-ICP-MS elemental analyses of Achaian and Aeolian coins in the Bibliothèque nationale de France will be compared with...
First results of my PhD project which deals with the circulation of Roman Republican coins in the Imperial period (c. 30 BC – AD 300) will be presented. My study is based on a comparative analysis of the structure of coin hoards from the Roman Empire. The information contained in these hoards is crucial for our understanding of the mechanisms of coin supply, coin circulation and especially the...
Studies on the monetary circulation of Ancient Armenia have been scarce until today. This paper addresses the state of research by putting forward initial insights into the monetary circulation of the Greater Armenian Kingdomthrough the analysis of hoards dated from the 1st century BCE to 428 CE. Located at the limits of the Roman Empire and on the edges of the Parthian Empire, the Greater...
During a major archaeological excavation in The Hague (Netherlands), the remains of a rural settlement from the Roman period were unearthed. The finds from this settlement near Forum Hadriani, capital of the Civitas Cananefatium, were rich by Dutch standards. One of the finds was a hoard consisting of 107 denarii (period Nero – Marcus Aurelius), six silver bracelets, a silver-plated fibula and...
