AN OVERVIEW ON HOARDING IN ROMAN SICILY AND THE EVIDENCE OF A NEW IMPERIAL HOARD FROM TYNDARIS

<p>This article aims at offering a general overview of the hoarding phenomenon of Roman Imperial coins in Sicily, of which we still have a lacunary knowledge.<br />I have been collecting any available hoard data from Sicily in numismatic periodicals, scattered articles or notes in archae...

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Main Author: Mariangela Puglisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mega Publishing House 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology
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Online Access:http://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/492
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Summary:<p>This article aims at offering a general overview of the hoarding phenomenon of Roman Imperial coins in Sicily, of which we still have a lacunary knowledge.<br />I have been collecting any available hoard data from Sicily in numismatic periodicals, scattered articles or notes in archaeological reports, data that I am presenting in general, not at the level of individual coins.<br />Here are listed about fifty hoards, including a few uncertain cases which could be accidental deposits.<br />Moreover, a new hoard from the urban area of the ancient city of Tyndaris, modern Tindari (Patti, Messina) is presented in detail, an important find - even if not conspicuous regarding the number of coins - which can shed a new light about the first Imperial age, so little documented so far in Sicily.</p>
ISSN:2360-266X