ISBN: 9788396672162
Description: softcover, 164 pages (17x24), figs.
Condition: new
Weight: 435g.

Ewa Mozdzioch, Coin Finds from the Excavation of the Medieval Santa Maria di Campogrosso Monastery in Altavilla Milicia, Sicily, Chronicon, Wroclaw 2023

The publication is a comprehensive study of 115 coins discovered during the archaeological  research conducted at the ruins of the church of Santa Maria di Campogrosso in the town of  Altavilla Milicia in Sicily. New varieties of coins hitherto unknown in the scientific literature, thus
significantly changing the state of knowledge of Sicilian minting. Worth emphasising is the author’s inquisitiveness and research diligence of the author, which is expressed in a wide range of source queries concerning the history of Sicilian minting.

The most important part of the monograph is a detailed catalogue of the coins accompanied by photographs. In the elaboration can be found comments about individual numismats. The  collected data represent an important addition to our knowledge of the economy of Sicily in the Norman period and beyond. It should be emphasised here that the most important positive of the
publication is that it shows the coins not as separate entities, but as objects discovered in an archaeological context.

Introduction
Places and circumstances of the discovery of the coins
History of the church and monastery of Santa Maria di Campogrosso
The archaeological context of the coin discovery
The area outside the church (I) – cemetery
Church interior area (II)
Area III
Catalogue of coins
Analysis of coin finds
The Norman period
Coins of Norman rulers
Coins from the Continent
Stauf’s period (1198-1266)
The Andegavian and Aragonese periods
The Habsburg period
Conclusions
Bibliography
List of figures