Abstract
The State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk) holds two hoards of Roman coins from Southwestern Crimea, acquired by archaeologist N.K. Minko during his excavations in the region of Sevastopol in 1909–1911. The fi rst hoard contains 288 denarii from Nero to Maximinus I. It is attestation of payments to Roman troops stationed in the region. The second hoard includes 13 antoniniani from Julia Domna to Trajan Decius and is also associated with the Roman military presence in Taurica or it was possibly brought by barbarians from campaigns in the provinces of the Empire.
Keywords
Southwestern Taurica, N.K. Minko, museum collections, Roman coin hoards, denarii, antoniniani, Roman troops.
Mikhail G. Abramzon, Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena V. Petrova, State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Acknowledgements: Russian Science Foundation, project no. 25-18-20007
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