A treasure of silver and bronze coins discovered in Georgia
A treasure of silver and bronze coins discovered in Georgia
A Polish-Georgian squad of archaeologists carrying out excavations inside the Roman fort of Apsaros Georgia discovered bronze along with argent Roman coins convey past times.
According to the discoverers, this could last a small-scale role of a larger treasure.
During the reign of Hadrian (117-138 AD), the oldest coins within the detection were minted; the youngest come up from the end years of the reign of Septimius Severusus (beginning of the third century AD).
Dr. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski of the Archeology Institute of the University of Warsaw, a projection leader on the Polish side, said—”All coins were constituted real unopen to each other inward the Roman fort Apsaros.”
The Georgian side is led past times Prof. Shota Mamuladze from the Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University together with the Gonio-Apsaros Museum together with Reserve.
Polish together with Georgian researchers volition search for to a greater extent than coins. The earthworks flavour volition proceed until the destination of July.
According to the numismatics skillful of the expedition, Dr. Piotr Jaworski from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, the coins mightiness last a small-scale role of a larger treasure.
It could last scattered every bit a number of afterwards earthworks together with structure industrial plant inward the fort.
After the Romans, Byzantine, Ottoman together with fifty-fifty Soviet garrisons were likewise stationed inward the fort.
All the coins come upwards from the mint inward Caesarea, the upper-case missive of the alphabet of Cappadocia – the house located nearly chiliad km from Apsaros. They were made of bronze together with silver.
So far, alone 1 treasure from this stream was discovered inward Apsaros several years ago. It counts over xl argent coins, the youngest of which appointment dorsum to the fourth dimension of Caracalla (beginning of the third century).
The coins could convey been hidden past times Roman soldiers before long earlier the expedition against the Parthians.
Scientists believe that the newly discovered coins were hidden at the same time.
Fort Apsaros was built approximately 2,000 years agone on the edge of the Roman say of Cappadocia.
Due to its strategic position, it had an of import role inward the defense organisation of the eastern edge of the Roman Empire.
“That is why every year, run on this site provides new, unique discoveries”, says Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski.
So far, the almost of import achievement of the squad led since 2014 past times Dr. Radoslaw Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski inward Apsaros was the regain of a role of the bathhouse built inward the minute one-half of 1st century AD.
The almost surprising detect was the mosaic that decorated the flooring inward 1 of the bathing rooms. It was role of the garrison commander`s residence.
