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The anthology of Senj: contributions to geography, ethnology, economy, history and culture = Jahrbuch: Beiträge zur Geographie, Ethnologie, Ökonomik, Geschichte und Kultur, Vol. 6 No. 1, 1975.

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ZDENKA DUKAT
ANTE GLAVIČIĆ

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Abstract

This article gives a survey of part of the numismatic collection of the Municipal Museum of Senj. The City of Senj — the antique Senia which was founded probably by the end of the bronze age — is known for its continual, and uninterrupted existence as an impontant port and a well-known commercial center, so it is no wonder that this City is also as ,a rich findingplace of coins. Though on the broader precincts of the town quite a numerous quantity of coins was found, unfortunately the present collection of the Municipal Museum is not by its number of coins thoroughly completed, but il still covers all money which was circulating in these regions through all historical periods. A very important document of types of coins found in the City of Senj and its wider surroundings is a list of coins prepared in the year 1889 by the professor of the Gymnasium of Senj Vinko Žanić. He has specified all coins which were located on the broader precincts of the City and these coins were the basis of which he started a Collection of the Gimnasium, as it was usual at that time in many towns (Vinkovci, Dubrovnik, Zagreb and others).
As this Collection got lost in an unknown manner by the end of World War II., /this list became for the City of Senj very essential. The formation of a numismatic collection in the Municipal Museum started only a few years ago, but it covers already at the present time all regions in the same manner al did the former collection of the Gymnasium though to a smaller extent. The oldest coin is a bronze coin from Carthago (Miiller III. Peć 62) and then there is only one Roman Republican Denar, and quite a number of coins from the Roman Empire, and part of coins from the Middle Ages, which material will be treated in the second part of the numismatic news from Senj and its furroundings. In the article — as a parallel — there are mentioned also the coins which were found on the territory of Senj and its surroundings but which are at present in the Numismatic Collection of the Archeological Museum of Zagreb.

Keywords

numismatic collection; Municipal Museum of Senj

Hrčak ID:

136557

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/136557

Publication date:

18.12.1975.

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