Recent Numismatic Finds of Greek and Roman Period from Histria (Romania)

Abstract

Starting with 2013, a new archaeological project, supported by the University of Bucharest, was implemented at Histria (Romania). The Acropolis Centre-South Sector, covering approximately 2000 square meters, is situated in the southern area of the city’s acropolis. The authors present Greek, Roman, and Early Byzantine coins found during the excavations on this new sector. These finds reflect the monetary circulation on the Western Coast of the Black Sea, from the earliest wheel-type coins issued by the city, going through local issues dated to the 4th – 1st centuries BC (some of them countermarked), Roman coinage (including rarer issues, such as the Apollo on the omphalos type issued by Histria, or issues from Amphipolis for Augustus or Thessaloniki for Nero), and ending with the most recent, folles dated to the first decades of the 7th century AD, marking the end of the habitation of Histria.