Pénzek és pénznevek a Panegyrici Latini dicsőítő beszédeiben

The Panegyrici Latini is a collection of 12 laudatory orations all dating from the Late Antiquity, except for opening speech Pliny Younger expressing his gratitude towards Trajan consulship. In this paper I analyse these texts form numismatic point, examining which coins appear in them. first review 4th c. denominations and compare them with their occurrence Latini. result quite poor: speeches glorify emperors’ generosity general, but they only rarely mention specific coins, or sums. However, not surprising late Roman written sources, since similar tendencies occur works e.g. Ammianus Marcellinus, Eutropius Aurelius Victor.