COUNTERFEITING ROMAN SILVER COINS IN THE 1ST – 3RD CENTURIES A.D. STUDY ON ROMAN PROVINCES FROM MIDDLE DANUBE TO LOWER RHINE

Abstract

The newly written paper for Roman imperial silver coins is expanding the studied area of counterfeited silver coins discovered on archaeological sites by analyzing a hole geographic region stretching from the middle Danube in the East to the shores of the lower Rhine in the West.Aiming to prove the existence of a centralize pattern regarding silver plated coins distribution, the study expanded its investigation to include the random appearance of hybrid and plated hybrid coins. Besides this the focus will remain on counterfeited pieces, their proportions and distribution, with a smaller case study for the Severian period during when most plated pieces were dated for.Towards the end of the study new results can finally support previous debated arguments regarding coin distribution and patterns of distribution in frontier provinces, alongside with Rome’s approach to silver plated pieces.

Keywords

• roman empire, silver, coins, denarius, antoninianus, numismatics, dacia, pannonia, noricum, raetia, germania superior, germania inferior, gallia belgica, hybrid, plates, graphs, coefficients