A GOLD DANAKE OF CONSTANTINE THE GREATFROM THE PHANAGORIAN EASTERN NECROPOLIS
In 2017, a gold danake of Constantine I was uncovered in child's burialNo. 280/2017 in the eastern necropolis of Phanagoria. Such pits with kerving is a type of burial rarely found in Late Antique Phanagoria. The archaeological context suggests thatthe danake was used as Charon's obol. The matrix was the obverse of a half-follis issuedin the name of Constantine I at a mint of Rome from October, 312, to May, 313. Altogethernine indications were found during the entire period of the research of Phanagoria, threeof which date back to the period of Constantine the Great. The danakes of Constantine'sfamily issue and those of his son Crispus were found in the necropolis. These artifactsshould be linked to Roman coins circulating in the local money market in the sameperiod. Ten coins of Constantine I (3 pcs) and his sons, Crispus (2 pcs) and Constantius II(5 pcs), have been documented in Phanagoria. The new danake helps date burial No. 280to the period no earlier than after AD 313.