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ANCIENT HOARDS 341 Greek hoards from the Western Balkans Dubravka Ujes 47. Pasicina, Ploce (former Kardeljevo), Dalmatia, Croatia 19081 Dep. mid second cent, bc 469 JE 469 iE of Ballaios Disp. Split Archaeological Museum acquired 328 in 1908; 141 coins from the same hoard were reported later the same year in private possession in the neigh- bouring town of Metkovic. Ref. I. Marovic, 'Novae ilirskog dinasta Baleja (BAAAAIOX) u Arheolosakom muzeju u Splitu' ('The coinage of Ballaios (BAAAAIOX) in the Archaeological Museum in Split'), Vjesnik za arheologiju i historiju dal- matinsku (Bulletin d'Archeologie et his- toire Dalmates) 81 (Split, 1988), p. 82. 48. Berusica, Gacko, Hercegovina, before World War II Dep. mid second cent, bc 9 JE 9 JE of Ballaios Disp. Sarajevo Museum Ref. G. Kraljevic, 'Anticki novci u Zemaljskom muzeju pronadeni na podrucju Gacka, Bilece i Trebinja ('Antike Miinzen im Landesmuseum (Sarajevo) gefunden auf dem Gebiet von Gacko, Bileca und Trebinje'), Tribunia 4 (Trebinje, 1978), p. 156. 49. Village of Lopate, Kumanovo, FYROM, 1990 Dep. c.300-280 bc 106 JE 106 JE of Cassander (306-297 bc), Herakles head r./Lion, KAIIANAPOY (as SNG Copenhagen 1138-41) Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 50. Village of Lopate, Kumanovo, FYROM, 1989 Dep. mid second cent, bc or later 18 M 18 tetradrachms: Macedonia, 1st Meris (c. 158-150 bc): 6 (as SNG Copenhagen 1310-15). Thasos 'spread-flan': 12 (G. Le Rider, 'Les monnaies thasiennes' in G. Daux (ed.), Guide de Thasos (Paris, 1967), pp. 185-91, 8th group). Disp. Dispersed Ref Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 51. Site 'Mesecev Brest', Ovce Pole, Sveti Nikole, northern FYROM, 1997 Dep. circa third quarter of fourth cent, bc 7 JR. 7 drachms of Patraos, 3 with boar types, 4 with eagle type Disp. Dispersed. Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 52. Village of Mrzen Oreovec, vicinity of Prilep, northern FYROM, 1992 Dep. second half of second cent, bc c.450 JE c.450 JE of Perseus and Roman governors (not known whether G. Publilius, Quaestor c. 148-146 bc or D. lunius Silanus, Praetor 142-141 bc; both are 1 For certain alleged hoards of Ballaios which in fact are more likely to be accumulations of site finds from Risan (Rhizon) see D. Ujes, 'Novae 'kralja' Balajosa i risanske kovnice iz Narodnog muze- ja u Beogradu' ('Le monete del 're' Ballaios e della zecca Rizonia al Museo Nazionale di Belgrado'), Numizmaticar 16 (1993), pp. 5-35. The same is probably true of CH 1, 88 = CH 9, 245, and of the group of coins discussed by G. Gorini, 'Ancora monete di Ballaios dalla Puglia', RIN 43 (1990), p. 322, and by D. Rendic-Miocevic, 'Jedan nepoznati nalaz ilirskog i grckog novca iz Risna (Rhizon)' ('An unknown find of Illyrian and Greek coins from Rhizon'), Numizmaticke vijesti 30/41 (Zagreb, 1987), pp. 5-14. COIN HOARDS 2001 342 recorded as stray finds further north, but this seems the northernmost hoard to con- tain them). Disp. Dispersed. Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 53. Village of Drenovo, vicinity of Prilep, northern FYROM, 1991 or 1992 30+ Al Dep. mid second cent, bc or later 30+ tetrobols of Histiaia (maenad/nymph on prow). The findspot lies between Prilep and Gradsko (the site of ancient Stoboi). The coins were found scattered on the surface of the soil Disp. Dispersed. Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 54. Village of Cepigovo, northern FYROM, 1990 3000+ JE Dep. second quarter of second century bc 3000 + JE, autonomous issues from the reigns of Philip V and Perseus without the king's name, mints of Amphipolis, Pella and Thessalonica. Cepigovo is the site of ancient Styberra; the find spot was on or near the ancient site. Disp. Dispersed. Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 55. Janjevo, Pristina, Kosovo, 1961 Dep. second half of fourth cent, bc c.60 (+?) /R c.60 (+?) JR: 52 (+?) tetradrachms, 8 drachms Damastion: Tetradrachms (unknown number), drachms (8) Pelagia: Tetradrachms (unknown number) Disp. Dispersed. Ref D. Ujes, K. Romic, 'Position de la ville de Damastion' (in Serbian with French summary), Glasnik Srpskog Arheoloskog Drustva 11 (1996), p. 86, no. 3; P. Popovic, Le monnayage des Scordisques (Belgrade-Novi Sad, 1987), p. 27, n. 3; E. Cerskov, Les Romains en Kosovo et Metohija (in Serbian with French summary), Dissertationes et Monographiae VI, Savez arheoloskih drustava SFRJ, Arheoloski Institut = Association of the Archaeological Societies of Federal Republics of (ex-)Yugoslavia, Archaeological Institute (Belgrade, 1969), p. 16, n.16; E. Pegan, 'A hoard of Damastian staters' (in Slovenian), Argo I, 1 (Ljubljana, 1962), pp. 25-6. 56. The hill fort of Krsevica, Vranje, Serbia, shortly before 1968 Dep. c. 300-280 bc Several dozen JE Several dozen JE of various Macedonian kings, including at least one of Cassander with Apollo/tripod and royal title Disp. Vranje Museum, 1 (Cassander, Apollo/tripod and royal title); rest dis- persed Ref. I. Mikulcic, M. Jovanovic, 'The Hellenistic Oppidum of Krsevica near Vranje' (in Serbian), Vranjski Glasnik 1968, pp. 355-75, at 373, preserved coin ill. PL I, 4. 57. Area of Bosilegrad, Vranje, Serbia, 1998 Dep. mid second cent, bc or later. 200 + M Pot hoard deposited in a grave. 200+ M tetrobols of Histiaia (maenad/nymph on prow, as SNG Copenhagen 517-36) Disp. Dispersed Ref Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 58. Area of Bosilegrad, Vranje, Serbia, 1998 Dep. mid second cent, bc or later C.30JR. c.30 tetradrachms of Macedonia, First Meris, c. 158-150 bc (as SNG Copenhagen 1310-15) Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society ANCIENT HOARDS 343 59. Zemun (Belgrade), town centre, near TANJUG radio station, 1996 Dep. after mid first cent, bc C.54M c.54 drachms of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, c.90/80-50/40 bc.2 Zemun was the site of Roman Taurunum, former- ly a Celtic-Scordiscan oppidum. Disp. Dispersed Ref Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 60. Indija, site of 'Krcevine', Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1996 Dep. after mid first cent. BC 11 M Pot hoard. 11 JR: Apollonia: 1 drachm (Agias-Epikadou), c.90/80-50/40 bc Dyrrhachium: 9 drachms (Meniskos- Dionysiou 3, Meniskos-Kallonos 1, Meniskos- Lykiskou 1, Meniskos-Philota 1, Xenon-Philodamou 1, Philon- Meniskou 2), c.90/80-50/40 bc Roman Republic: 1 denarius, 117-116 bc (Crawford 284) Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 61. Site of Grmovac, Ogar, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1995 Dep. second half of third cent, bc 21 JR Audoleon (c.315-286 bc), 2 tetradrachms (barbarous imitations?) Celtic coins, 19 tetradrachms(?) Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 62. Site of6Jezero', Ruma, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1976 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 48+ JR Unknown quantity of drachms (?) of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, c.90/80-50/40 bc. 48 shown to the Serbian Numismatic Society in 1976 were 'mostly Dyrrhachian drachms, mostly with obverse magistrates' names Meniskos and Xenon'. The site of Jezero is a La Tene period Celtic necropolis. Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 63. Tetrovic Farm', Stara Pazova, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1996 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 300 + JR 300 + drachms of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, c.90/80-50/40 bc Disp. Dispersed Ref Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 64. 'Janko Cmelnik Farm', near the 'LIFAM' factory, Stara Pazova, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1989 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 438+ JR Apollonia and Dyrrhachium: 330+ drachms, of which details were noted for 210 (Apollonia: 38 specimens: Agias- Epikadou 5, Ariston-Lysenos 12, Nikandros-Andriskou 5, Niken- Autoboulou 1, Xenokles-Chairenos 5, Timen-Damophontos, 10. Dyrrhachium: 149 specimens: Ktetos-Phaniskou 1, Meniskos-Philota/Meniskos- 2 For these dates of the late issues of the two series, i.e. those found in this and following hoards, see O. Picard, S. Gjongeeaj, 'Le tresor de Dimalla 1973 et le passage du monnayage hellenistique au monnayage imperial a 1'Apollonia d'lllyrie', BCH 122, vol. II (1998) [1999], pp. 611-27; O. Picard, S. Gjongeeaj, 'Le monnayage d'Apollonia a la vache allaitant', RN 155 (2000), pp. 137-60; O. Picard, S. Gjongeeaj, Tresors de monnaies de bronze d'Apollonie', ProcINC XII, 80-5; G. Petranyi, 'On the position of the Aibatios/Chairenos issue in the sequence of Apollonian drachms', SCN XI (1995), pp. 59-63; G. Petranyi, 'Comments on the chronology of the final minting period of the Apollonian-Dyrrhachian drachms', Buletinul Societatei Numismatice Romdne 140-1 (1992-3) [1996], pp. 67-75; G. Petranyi, 'Relative chronology of the drachms of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium in the final period of minting', Numismatikai Kozlony XCIV-XCV (1995-16) [1997], pp. 3-18. 344 COIN HOARDS 2001 [K]al[lonos]/Meniskos-Lykiskou 87 in combined total, Xenon-Damenos 11, Xenon-Purba 4, Xenon-Phillia 21, Xenon-A[gathionos?] 2, Xenon- Charopinou 1, Xenon and uncertain name 3, Xenon and uncertain name 1 (bar- barous imitation), Philotas-Damenos 3, Philotas and uncertain name 9, names illegible 6. Uncertain whether Apollonia or Dyrrhachium: 23). c.90/80-50/40 bc Roman Republican denarii: 78. Barbarian coinage of the 'Srem' type, sub-type Krcedin-§imian: c. 30 tetradrachms, about first half of first cent. bc Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society 65. Village of Vojka, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1997 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 6 M Dyrrhachium: 4 drachms, c.90/80- 50/40 bc Celtic: 2 of small denomination Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society. 66. Vrdnik, Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, early 1970s Dep. after mid first cent. bc. 300 + M 300+ iR, including ApoUonia: 2+ drachms, c.90/80-50/40 bc Dyrrhachium: 36+ drachms, c.90/80- 50/40 bc Disp. Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 38 (inv. 537-55); rest dispersed Ref. See Appendix below, where details of the 38 drachms are given. 67. Area of Sremska Mitrovica (Sirmium), Srem region, Vojvodina, northern Serbia, 1997 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 200+ M 200+ drachms of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, c.90/80-50/40 bc Disp. Dispersed Ref. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society. 68. Area of village of Srpski Miletfc, Sombor, western Backa, Serbia, before 1960 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 300+ M 300+iR, including ApoUonia: 79 drachms (c.90/80-50/40 bc) Dyrrhachium: 15 drachms (c.90/80- 50/40 bc) Disp. Gradski Muzej (Town Museum), Sombor, 94 (inv. 11143-236); rest dis- persed Ref. D. Trajkovic, D. Radojevic, 'Numizmaticka zbirka', in Gradski muzej Sombor, Decenije muzeoloskog rada (Sombor, 1996), pp. 97-119. See Appendix below where details of the above 94 drachms are given. 69. Oroliska Gradina, Orolik, Slavonia, Croatia, 1987 Dep. after mid first cent, bc 42 M Pot hoard containing: Apollonia and Dyrrhachium: 23 (c.90/80-50/40 bc) Celtic coins of 'Srem' type: 19 (phase 'B' or sub-type Krcedin-Simian; first half of first cent bc). Oroliska Gradina is a pre- historic hill-fort with abundant surface finds of La Tene period Celtic pottery. Disp. Dispersed Refs. Record made by member(s) of the Serbian Numismatic Society