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18 mars 2024
- doi: 10.4000/books.efr.58599
- isbn: 978-2-7283-1804-9
- eisbn: 978-2-7283-1805-6
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Vivien Prigent, « Byzantine Gold Coins found at St Peter’s in Osor », Publications de l’École française de Rome, ID : 10.4000/books.efr.58599
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The article offers a study of the four Byzantine gold coins discovered in the same funerary context during the excavations of St Peter’s in Osor: two histamena of Roman III Argyros (1028-1034) and two hyperpyra of John II Comnenus (1118-1143). The article tackles the issue of the circulation in Croatia of Romanos III’s coins, called romanati in local sources, proposing to favour a purely monetary rationale over diplomatic relations. Similarly, it is argued that the parallel hoarding of the two types of coins, minted a century apart, can be explained by metrological reasons, since Romanos III’s histamenon and John II’s hyperpyron have comparable gold contents.