Studying extra regional trade networks in Antiquity can be considered a relatively popular field of research, but the intensity and patterns of such complex system still leave lot of questions, particularly in the case of Rome’s Far Eastern trade. There is still a trend to visualize a kind of globalized commercial activity between the Imperium and communities on the eastern edge of the Silk Road(s). However, the facts provide us a more comprehensive picture. Due to the meticulous work of international joint research projects working in East and Southeast Asia followed by a raised interest in collecting ancient objects among local people, an increasing number of Roman objects have been discovered in the region. These finds prove the significance of mediator cultures in transferring Roman artifacts beyond India – with their own imprints on forming evaluation/acceptance of these non-local goods by the receiving culture.
Superior anachronistically dated to year 4 of the local era (A. D. 242-243) are known for centuries, several explanations were given for their mintage. Research was set back, as only the coins of Philip I and II were taken into account, as the anachronistic date made them easily recognizable. However their coins are only a part of a larger group of imitations: several Viminacium dupondii of Gordian III dated to year 2, 4, and 5 with similar characteristics are also known, as well as unique coins of Caracalla and Maximinus I with reverses of the provincial mint of Viminacium dated to year 4. The coins are not forgeries, but rather imitations, probably a kind of emergency coinage issued most likely between the late 240's and early 260's to solve the problem of the lack of small change in the Middle Danubian region. * Rónaszéki István barátomnak, aki 25 éve elsőször hívta fel a figyelmemet ezekre az érmékre, s aki gyűjteményét 2007-ben a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum éremtárának ajándékozta.
of PhD thesis submitted in 2018 to the Archaeology Doctoral Programme, Doctoral School of History, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest under the supervision of László Borhy.
Three late Roman silver coins bearing the name Flavia Maxima Helena became known in the recent years. This study discusses their date and the background of the issue, and also identifies the person, whom the coins were minted to as Helena, wife of Julian II.
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