Tezaurul monetar roman de la Micești (Mun. Alba Iulia, jud. Alba)
A Roman Coin Hoard from Miceşti (Alba Iulia, Alba County)

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents a less common discovery made in the area of the ancientRoman city Apulum, a monetary hoard containing 5 denarii, issued in the 2nd centuryAD. The hoard was found by an authorized metal detectorist and passed over to thejudicial authorities. In this article we present the circumstances of the discovery, themorpho-geographic and legal conditions, followed by the description of the artifactsand the chronological interpretation of the coin hoard. Finally, starting from theknown archeological and historical realities and from the area where the discoveryplace is located, near the road of the gold, we try to distinguish the historicalreasons that made the presence of hoarding possible in that area.

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