Original scientific paper

Contribution to the study of the oldest coin circulation on the territory of Southern Velebit

Martina Dubolnić Glavan orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-896X ; The Institute for Historical Sciences in Zadar, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art, Zadar, Croatia
Vedrana Glavaš orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-2178 ; Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

Abstract

The article gives an analysis of the first numismatic finds from the seaward slopes of Southern Velebit: 33 coins collected from the Sveta Trojica site near Starigrad Paklenica, one coin from the Dračevac hill fort in Jasenice and one coin from the Cvituša hill fort near Lovinac. The finds comprise coins of Hispanic, Greek-Illyrian and North African origin (Numidia, Carthage, Egypt), Roman Republican coins, a Venetian gazzetta and one unidentified piece (aes rude?). Collected during field surveys, the coins contribute to the study of the circulation of the oldest coins in the Velebit area, i.e. in the border area of pre-Roman Liburnia. Considering the location of the sites in question, the authors also list the routes through which the coins circulated in Lika.

Keywords

Southern Velebit; Lika; Liburnians; Iapodes; Hispanic coins; Greek–Illyrian coins; North African coins; Roman Republican coins; routes; coin circulation

Hrčak ID:

82706

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/82706

Publication date:

25.5.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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