Coins from Thracian Mints at the Territory of Present-Day Serbia

Abstract

We may note an increased influx of coins from the Thracian mints at the territory of presend-day Serbia from the time of the reign of Antoninus Pius, and the largest influx was noted during the reign of Caracalla. These calculations confirm the already noted lack of bronze coins of imperial coinage in the circulation of Upper Moesia during the reigns of the emperors from Antoninus Pius to Commodus. In this period, the highest presence was noted of provincial coinage from the Macedonian mints, most prominently Stobi, followed by the coins from mints in Thrace, Asia Minor and Moesia Inferior. When it comes to the presence of coins from Thracian mints, Pautalia is dominant, followed by Hadrianopolis and Philippopolis and Peritnohos, while others (Anchialus, Serdica, Deultum, Byzantium, Augusta Traiana, Mesembria, Plotinopolis) are present in a smaller percentage. Studies of Thracian coinage at the territory of present-day Serbia showed that its greatest concentration is connected to Viminacium and its wider surrounding and eastern Serbia.