THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS WITHIN THE PRUT-DNISTER AREA. THE CASE OF THE DENARIUS RECENT DISCOVERY IN CAJBA
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS WITHIN THE PRUT-DNISTER AREA. THE CASE OF THE DENARIUS RECENT DISCOVERY IN CAJBA

Summary/Abstract: The number of Roman Republican coins discovered in the Prut-Nistru area is extremely small, and the recorded items are mostly uncertain as regards the discovery site and conditions. Museums in the Republic of Moldova do not currently have any Roman Republican coins found in the Prut-Nistru interfluve. In this context, the recent discovery in Cajba (Glodeni district) of a Roman denarius issued under L. Plautius Plancus in 47 BC is of a particular value. This article proposes a catalogue of both certain and uncertain Roman Republican items discovered in the Prut-Nistru area, followed by an analysis of coins similar to the coin discovered in Cajba to the north of the Lower Danube, and the XRF analysis confirms the authenticity of the item concerned in the context of the historiographical discussions regarding the large number of Dacian imitations of the Roman Republican denarii. Thus, the coin from Cajba completes the batch of items of Roman origin, called ‘relics’ or ‘anachronistic items’.

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