Original scientific paper
Early tremisses of Odovacar struck in Milan (476/7-480): examples from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Željko Demo
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Abstract
The paper discusses tremisses of Odovacar struck in Milan in the names of Julius Nepos and Zeno in the period from 476/7 to 480 (and later) kept in numismatic collections of museums in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also discussed are two more tremisses: a specimen from SIASP (today held in Trieste, Italy), a probable find from Istria (Croatia), and an interesting imitation of a Milan tremissis of Odovacar struck after 482/3, found in Slovenia. The material presented is compared with similar examples, whether described in print or not, and is analysed in typological and chronological terms. The fundamental stylistic and typological elements that enable the determination and chronological classification of Odovacar's Milan tremisses minted in the period
from 476/477 to 482/483 are presented. Previous incorrect references and inadequate and outdated assessments in the standard reference work (RIC X) are corrected with the results of this research and presented in table form, furnished, where necessary, with notes.
Keywords
Croatia; Slovenia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Italy. Odovacar; Julius Nepos; Zeno; Late Antiquity; numismatics; mint in Milan (Mediolanum); tremisses; archaeological sites; typology; seriation; chronology
Hrčak ID:
284772
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Publication date:
1.12.2021.
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