THE DIFFUSION OF THE LAIETANI IBERIAN ISSUES

Abstract

Numismatic findings whose provenance is reliably known give us the possibility of evaluating in detail the territories where the coinage was identified and used. The population patterns and the travel route networks are factors that determine the dispersion of the coins. We ought not forget that it was people who carried the coins and moved along those route networks connecting different populations. The aim of this work is to study the dispersion of the Laietani Iberian coinage with a goal to analyze whether the aforementioned factors have left their mark on the archaeological and numismatic register. If this is the case, the objective is to interpret them so that we better understand the use and the circulatory pattern of these bronze coins.