Coin Finds in Graves from the Province of Second Moesia in Late Antiquity

Abstract

At the beginning of Late Antiquity, the newly established province of Second Moesia included lands with an already established fortification and settlement system, as well as well-developed road infrastructure.Based on research, it is clear that the information about "the world of the living" obviously surpass the knowledge about the "world of the dead".Collecting and analyzing the data provides details that originate from thirty necropolises.In general, the grave goods provoke the greatest interest and appear to be the most diverse materials for studying.Among grave-goods, the greatest number belongs to coins.Until now, on the territory of Second Moesia, they are registered in complexes of 14 necropolises.There are reliable data on the location of 239 numismatic finds, which have been found in at least 47 closed funerary complexes (graves and tombs).The number of coins varies from 1 to 50.Regarding the metal the coins were made of, 237 finds are minted in bronze, only two are silver and not a single golden piece was registered.According to the date of minting, the earliest coins from two tombs were struck at the end of the 3 rd century (reign of Probus), 195 are issued in the 4 th century and 10 at the end of 4 th -the first half of 5 th century.Only two coins are issued in the 6 th century.