Ἀργύριον δημόσιον καινόν? Überlegungen zu dem Fragment P. Dura 129 und zur Münzprägung unter Severus Alexander im Jahr 225/6 n. Chr.

The paper offers an examination of the phrase ἀργύριον δημόσιον καινόν in P. Dura 129. Its main focus is a comparison of the term with numismatic evidence. After a short analysis of the document itself, different possibilities for the label ‘new’ are discussed. For this purpose new coin motifs, changes of the emperor’s portrait, unusual coin legends, political changes, and connections with unknown victories or even new coin types are investigated.