Monete per il santo. Considerazioni a margine delle attestazioni numismatiche rinvenute nell'arca di San Giuliano a Rimini

In June 1910, during the opening of the marble sarcophagus in the church of St. Julian in Rimini, which contained the relics of the “Istrian” saint, numerous heterogeneous finds were re-covered. These included thirty-eight coins, dating from the Late Roman period (4th century AD) to the early modern era (mid-17th century), which were acquired by the National Museum of Ravenna in 1912. The numismatic material was identified and classified by Giuseppe Gerola, who served as Di-rector of the National Museum of Ravenna from 1 September 1910 and as Superintendent of Monuments of Romagna from 1 December of the same year, following his inspection of the objects found. The present study re-examines the numismatic evidence from the tomb of St. Julian in Rimini, building on the survey published by Gerola in the fifth issue of the “Bollettino d’Arte” (1911). This reassessment allows for some considerations on the phenomenon of coin deposition in saints’ tombs, highlighting its contexts, practices, and symbolic meanings, as well as the connections with patterns of monetary circulation.