Original scientific paper
Hellenistic coins from Greece, Macedonia and Thrace found in northern Dalmatia and south-eastern Lika
Lucijana Šešelj
orcid.org/0009-0001-0413-0860
; Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Rijeka History Department
Mato Ilkić
orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X
; University of Zadar, Archaeology Department
Abstract
Northern Dalmatia and south-eastern Lika together yielded 14 Hellenistic bronze coins originally from the various minting centers of ancient Greece, Macedonia and Thrace. Such coins are rare finds in the territory of Dalmatia and its wider hinterland, so they constitute an intriguing phenomenon. The assumption is that they came to Liburnia (northern Dalmatia) via maritime routes, and the overland routes whereby they spread into the interior are indicated by the topography of the find sites, which say much about how they moved into the interior toward southern Velebit and its
mountain passes. This flow of money corresponds to other known issues of currency that circulated in this territory during the Hellenistic era.
Keywords
bronze coins, Hellenism, northern Dalmatia, southern Lika, Greece, Macedonia, Thrace
Hrčak ID:
305514
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2023.
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