Coinage From the Bithynian Mint of Nicaea at the Territory of Present-Day Serbia

Abstract

During the early decades of the 3rd century in the Danubian provinces, circumstances were convenient for a well-spread circulation of Nicaea provincial coinage in the monetary circulation of Upper Moesia. Presence of those coins was especially significant during the third and the fourth decade of the 3rd century, actually in the reign of Severus Alexander and the beginning of reign of Gordian III. A large number of Nicaea coins from the territory of present-day Serbia have already been published (over 1,200 pieces). We know that a certain number of Nicaea coins is still unpublished and comes from several museums in Serbia (around 570 pieces), especially from Viminacium Museum (around 600 pieces), but also from the neighboring countries which originating from the territory of Serbia (around 200 pieces). In total, there are 2,570 pieces of published and unpublished known Nicaea's coins from the territory of present-day Serbia.