Numismata Carnuntina - Forschungen und Material. Die Fundmuenzen der romischen Zeit in Osterreich Abteilung III: Niederosterreich, Band 2: Die antiken ... Numismatischen Kommission) (German Edition)

Carnuntum, well known for a long time as one of the most important findspots of Roman coins in Europe, has repeatedly attracted the interest of numismatic scholarship. This volume presents the results of a major research project of the Austrian Academys Numismatic Commission, during which nearly 40.000 coins from Carnuntum in the collection of the Museum Carnuntinum at Bad Deutsch-Altenburg were recorded and analysed. In addition to the catalogue of the material which comes on CD-Rom, the most essential questions about the coin finds of Carnuntum are discussed in eleven extensive articles. The core of the publication is a statistical analysis of the findings, which with respect to the size of the sample has been unparalleled until now. In addition, a number of the contributions include material that looks beyond the local area. One chapter places the coin hoards from Carnuntum into the context of the whole region, and sheds new light on the question of the connection between hoarding practices and the incursions of the Marcomanni in the second century A.D. Another chapter of the bookis dedicated to the history and coinage of the short-lived imperial couple Regalianus and Dryantilla. A special feature of Carnuntum and the Middle Danube region as a whole are the so-called Limesfalsa and iron core copies, which are presented here satisfactorily for the first time. Supplementary contributions deal with the local pre-Roman monetary history, with republican coins in imperial contexts, the influx of eastern provincial coinage and with coin circulation in the post-Roman period.