@article{
author = "Borić-Brešković, Bojana and Vojvoda, Mirjana",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The Sikirica I hoard was discovered in the village of the same name,
to the south of Paraćin. It consists of 240 denarii and 52 antoniniani and is part
of a scattered find, which did not reach the National Museum in Belgrade in its
entirety. The oldest specimen is Vespasian’s denarius from 70 AD, and the latest
is the antoninianus of Philip I from the eighth issue of the Rome mint, dated in
248-249, so this date represents the terminus post quem of the Sikirica I find. Two
analogous finds have been identified in the territory of Moesia Superior: in the
Kalemegdan (Belgrade) and in Kremenica near Bela Palanka, known as Remesiana
in Antiquity. Despite the incomplete archaeological finds from the field, we may
assume that agricultural holdings existed in the areal of the Sikirica village and that
the find represented the savings of the owner of the villa. As for the cause for its
concealment, the predominant view is that the barbarian raids in the neighbouring
provinces had not directly contributed to it. The real reasons for depositing the
Sikirica I hoard should be viewed most probably as the consequence of usurpations
and the emerging imperial pretenders, causing internal turmoil the centre of which
was the Danube River basin.",
publisher = "Beograd : Narodni muzej",
journal = "Numizmatičar",
title = "A Hoard of denarii and antoniniani from the village of Sikirica near Paraćin (Sikirica I)",
pages = "102-7",
number = "34",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1005"
}