The coins of the roman villa from pou de la sargueta (Riba-roja de túria, Valencia)

Abstract

This paper aims to study the numismatic material exhumed from the villa of Pou de la Sargueta, in Riba-roja de Túria (Valencia). Most of the coins correspond to the 3rd century A.D. and come from contexts related to the reforms undertaken in the establishment at the end of this same century. The almost suppression of the coin-supply caused in the 4th century A.D. in the villa was relieved with the imitative, dateable coinage between the end of the 3rd century A.D., and with a lasting period in the archaeological record until the end of the 4th century A.D. Precisely, from this last century an exceptional coin of Nepotianus has been recorded. The conclusions provide new data on rural monetization in Valentia's territory.