ISSN: 1309-8780
e-ISSN: 2822-3985

Melih ARSLAN, Ülkü DEVECİOĞLU

Keywords: Erimtan Collection, Roman Coin, Denarius Hoard.

Abstract

The hoard is in the collection of Mr. Yüksel Erimtan who is a private collector of ancient cultural objects registered at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara. The hoard which consists of 246 silver Roman coins was purchased in 1993 and registered in the inventory book. The 243 of 246 coins are denarii and three of them are antoniniani. Those three antoniniani belong to Elagabalus, the last emperor represented in the treasure. The hoard fundamentally encompasses the reigns of 13 emperors. The coins in the treasure were struck in the name of 20 different individuals (emperor, empress and caesar) with their likenesses. Some emperors were also represented when they had been heirs to the throne (caesar). So there are a total of 23 groups as emperors, caesars and empresses in the treasure. The catalogue here shows the coins chronologically listed. The Erimtan Denarii Hoard exhibits a very homogenous entity embracing the coins of 20 individuals from 13 reigns. From Vespasian to Elagabalus all emperors are chronologically represented. Only the coins of Pertinax, Didius Julianus and Pescennius Niger, short term emperors of the Severan period lack in this treasure. However, one emperor from the same period Clodius Albinus is represented with two coins.