Byzantine Coins Found in Sweden

A number of the Byzantine coins have been described in previous CNS-volumes, but as the interest in Byzantine studies has been increasing in recent years, not least in Sweden, a separate publication of Byzantine coins found in Sweden seemed justified. The intention is to cover the whole period from Justin II to the end of the 11th century, as a continuation of Joan Fagerlie's work on Late Roman and Byzantine solidi. Byzantine coins found in Sweden from Justin II onwards may be of particular interest in three respects: the finds of folles in Middle and Northern Sweden; the large number of Constantine VII, Nicephorus II, John I and Basil II miliaresia, mainly from Gotlandic hoards; and the find of more than a hundred miliaresia of Constantine IX, from Ocksarve, Hemse, Gotland.