Monedas romanas bajoimperiales y tardoantiguas de la excavación de la Plaza de la Catedral de Tortosa (Tarragona, España)

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the monetary circulation during the Late Roman Empire and Late Antiquity in the city of Dertosa. In order to do that, we examined a large number of coin finds from an archaeological site close to the cathedral. The excavation of the Tortosa’s cathedral square uncovered significant remains in a high-status sector next to the walls, with evidence of great activity between the fourth and eighth centuries. Other important finds include two Visigothic tremisses, Vandal, Late Roman, and Byzantine bronzes from North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, providing remarkable information about the monetary circulation in this area of Ebro River mouth.