Ein solidus von Konstantin VII. und Romanos II. aus Marosújvár/Ocna Mureş (RO)

Abstract

A solidus of Constantine VII and Roman II from Marosujvar/Ocna Mures. The paper deals with a solidus of Constantine VII and Romanos II which was found in 1861 in Marosujvar (today Ocna Mures, Romania). A drawing and a description of the finding circumstances was sent to Carl Torma, historian of antiquity by the engineer Franz Posepny. From Transylvania only half a dozen Byzantine coins of the 9th–10th centuries are known. The majority of the Byzantine coins known from the Carpathian Basin belong to the reign of Constantine VII and Roman II, and were given to the Hungarians as a gift or subsidium. The author in his study gives an evaluation of it.