Hoard of Roman coins from the vicinity of Smederevo Mezul I (Dobri Do I)
Abstract
The Mezul I hoard was discovered in 1966 in the area of Bobovik, a site on Mezul, in the vicinity of Smederevo. It consists of 272 denarii and antoniniani, spanning the period from Caracalla to Trajan Decius. Another hoard of Roman coins was discovered in the immediate vicinity in that same year, on the same site in the Mazgaj area (Mezul II; Trajan – Philip I). The character of architectural remains at Mezul cannot be clarified without the appropriate archaeological explorations, so the question remains open about whether they were just from a villa rustica or a civilian settlement. Both hoards were found in immediate proximity to the vicinal road (Vinceia i.e. Smederevo – present-day Smederevska Palanka and further on to the south), not far from the main via publica. The listing of numerous, so far unpublished finds from the Roman period, can confirm this route of the vicinal road, which was already proposed earlier. At the same time, they indicate that two other vicinal roads (viae ...vicinales) led from Smederevska Palanka, towards Kosmaj and Rudnik, strategically important mining zones in the interior of the province of Moesia Superior.
Keywords:
Roman empire / Roman coin hoards / Mezul I / Moesia Superior / vicinial roadsSource:
Numizmatičar, 2019, 37, 187-241Publisher:
- Beograd : Narodni muzej
Funding / projects:
- IRS - Viminacium, roman city and military legion camp - research of material and non-material of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation (RS-47018)
- Roman Coin Hoards from Serbia. Numismatic Collection of the National Museum in Belgrade (B. Borić–Brešković) – Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia;
- City Life in Antiquity: The Expansion of Cities and Urban Civilization in the Balkans and the Neighbouring Areas from the Hellenistic to the Late Roman Period (RS-177005)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Borić-Brešković, Bojana AU - Vojvoda, Mirjana PY - 2019 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/675 AB - The Mezul I hoard was discovered in 1966 in the area of Bobovik, a site on Mezul, in the vicinity of Smederevo. It consists of 272 denarii and antoniniani, spanning the period from Caracalla to Trajan Decius. Another hoard of Roman coins was discovered in the immediate vicinity in that same year, on the same site in the Mazgaj area (Mezul II; Trajan – Philip I). The character of architectural remains at Mezul cannot be clarified without the appropriate archaeological explorations, so the question remains open about whether they were just from a villa rustica or a civilian settlement. Both hoards were found in immediate proximity to the vicinal road (Vinceia i.e. Smederevo – present-day Smederevska Palanka and further on to the south), not far from the main via publica. The listing of numerous, so far unpublished finds from the Roman period, can confirm this route of the vicinal road, which was already proposed earlier. At the same time, they indicate that two other vicinal roads (viae vicinales) led from Smederevska Palanka, towards Kosmaj and Rudnik, strategically important mining zones in the interior of the province of Moesia Superior. PB - Beograd : Narodni muzej T2 - Numizmatičar T1 - Hoard of Roman coins from the vicinity of Smederevo Mezul I (Dobri Do I) EP - 241 IS - 37 SP - 187 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_675 ER -
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Borić-Brešković, B.,& Vojvoda, M.. (2019). Hoard of Roman coins from the vicinity of Smederevo Mezul I (Dobri Do I). in Numizmatičar Beograd : Narodni muzej.(37), 187-241. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_675
Borić-Brešković B, Vojvoda M. Hoard of Roman coins from the vicinity of Smederevo Mezul I (Dobri Do I). in Numizmatičar. 2019;(37):187-241. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_675 .
Borić-Brešković, Bojana, Vojvoda, Mirjana, "Hoard of Roman coins from the vicinity of Smederevo Mezul I (Dobri Do I)" in Numizmatičar, no. 37 (2019):187-241, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_675 .