Original scientific paper

Proposed new dating and typology of Spalatine communal denars through examples of finds from northern Dalmatia

Mato Ilkić orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X ; Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar
Dejan Filipčić orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-3819 ; Filsweg 22, 73207 Plochingen, Deutschland

Abstract

A total of 49 single finds of Spalatine communal denars originate from a number of archaeological sites in northern Dalmatia. They are divided into four types, based on their depictions. Standard catalogues and numismatic discussions date such coins to the period from the end of the 12th century or even later, from the mid-13th century, until 1357. However, based on a comparative analysis of diplomatic records, archaeological evidence, collective findings and iconographic datable elements, this article proposes a new dating that places the communal denars of the city
of Split to the High Middle Ages only, viz. about a hundred years earlier. In addition, a new typological structure of such numismatic material is provided in part.

Keywords

denars; communal coins; High Middle Ages; northern Dalmatia; Spalatinus; Split

Hrčak ID:

284774

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/284774

Publication date:

1.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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