Over the course of the last 120 years, around 32,000 antique coins have been found in the soil of the ancient city of Lauriacum, at the influx of the Enns into the Danube, most of which are held by the Museum Lauriacum in the city of Enns. Due to the quantity alone, but due in even greater measure to the importance of Lauriacum for Roman Austria, the coins found here number among the most important ancient cultural finds in Austria. They are one of the most significant primary sources for the...

This volume comprises 1728 ancient Roman coins found in the district of Wels in Upper Austria. A detailed numismatic analysis is provided in addition to the usual listing of coins. The number of coins is considered, as well as their overall ancient value. In addition statements are made on the relation of denominations to each other, on the influence of mints in late antiquity, and, for the first time, on their preservation. Great effort is taken to visualize and explain all the results for...

Roman coins were used throughout the Roman Empire, which reached from Britain to Africa and from Spain to Arabia. The Austrian province of Styria, part of the Roman province Noricum, belonged to the Roman currency area, and Roman coins circulated there regularly, forming the basis of the monetary economy. For this study, each ancient coin ever found in Styria was registered; they were then entered into a digital database and mapped geographically. This has provided the basis for a...