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Theodor Isvoranu, « Monede şi „vârfuri de săgeţi” descoperite recent la Argamum şi Enisala / Coins and „arrowheads” recently discovered at Argamum and Enisala », Materiale şi cercetări arheologice, ID : 10.3406/mcarh.2018.2072
The numismatic material presented below comes from the archaeological researches carried out within the project “ ANR‐ Pont Euxin. Orgamè, nécropole et territoire", coordinated by Alexandre Baralis (Musée du Louvre) and Vasilica Lungu (ISSEE). Most of the 16 monetary pieces are dated during the 6th– 3rd centuries BC and in the Late Roman Empire, as follows : five „ arrowheads”, an early Istrian coin of Apollo type, an undetermined small Greek coin and nine Roman nummi of the 4th Century AD (including an imitation), dating from Constantine I to Valens. Despite the small number, the coins in the catalogue enrich the information known so far, including two more rarely encountered items. They confirm a high level of commercial activities at Orgame/ Argamum and its surroundings in the 6th– 5th century BC, but also during the era of Dominate, attested by at least three large „ arrowheads” hoards, also by an important coin hoard and many isolated pieces of the 4th century AD.