The Funerary Use of Coins in the Second Half of the 4th Century. Case Study Grave G-2456 (Viminacium)

Abstract

In 2019, the grave of an inhumed deceased (grave G-2456) buried in a wooden coffin, was discovered in the southern Viminacium necropolis (Više Grobalja site). Four bronze coins of Constans and Constantius II with the same reverse legend (FEL TEMP REPARATIO) were found in the grave. What distinguishes this grave from those discovered so far at Viminacium is the position of one of the coins on the right eye of the deceased. It is a coin of Constantius II (falling horseman) dated in the period from 350 to 355 AD. The second coin, of the same type as the previous one, was found in the right hand. Furthermore, the third and fourth coins were found in the left hand of the deceased. They belong to issues of Constans and Constantius II with different reverse motifs.