MONETARY FINDS IN THE LUSITANIAN AREA BETWEEN THE DUERO AND THE TAGUS (IV-VIII CENTURIES)

Abstract

Little is known about the circulation of money in Hispania in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. After the publication of numismatic material recovered in Conimbriga, some works, either generic or strictly regional, have reviewed the monetary circulation and uses of this period. Here we present a review of the distribution and composition of the monetary deposits and finds in the area of Lusitania between the Douro and Tagus Rivers. Our chronological limits fall between the beginning of the Valentinian Reforms (364) and the end of the Visigoth Reign (711). The information compiled shows geographical and temporal differences in supply during the 4th and 5th centuries, areas of concentration and areas of monetary vacuum as well as signs of continuity and breaks in monetary uses between the two periods.