The North Caucasian Imitations of Roman <i>Denarii</i> from 2010-2018 Excavations at Phanagoreia
The paper publishes the North Caucasian imitations of Roman denarii featuring Mars walking, excavated in 2010-2012 at Phanagoreia. Two pieces are made of billon, and the others of copper. These coins date from the mid-third to the early fourth century AD. From the big number of imitations of Roman denarii in Phanagoreia, there are reasons to suggest that they circulated in the local money market along with simultaneous Bosporan staters . These imitations arrived to the Taman peninsula from the south-eastern periphery of the Bosporan kingdom, where they were minted by the Sarmato-Alans.