DIGITIZATION OF ROMAN COIN FINDS FROM THE SOUTH-WESTERN UKRAINE: AFE-UKR DATABASE

The article introduces the recently created database Ancient Coin Finds in Europe: Ukraine (AFE-UKR) , with a focus on the finds of Roman coins from South -Western Ukraine, entered into the database. These are 923 coins stored in the Odesa Archaeological Museum, Izmail Local History Museum of the Lower Danube region, National Museum of the History of Ukraine, and a private collection. The coins were discovered accidentally or during the archeological excavations of several sites in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Vinnytsia regions of Ukraine. The database includes Republican and Imperial issues, Roman provincial coins, and the coins of states under the Roman protectorate, spanning from 49 BC to 408 AD. Most of these findings illustrate the circulation of Roman coins in the ancient centers and their surroundings. The lesser part of coin findings belonged to barbarians, primarily the Goths and Sarmatians. AFE-UKR database is a part of Antike Fundm & uuml;nzen in Europa (AFE-RGK) project . It is based on Linked Open Data methodologies. At the moment, it consists primarily of coins from museum collections, but plans include incorporating all available data on Roman coin findings from publications and web resources to create a comprehensive database of Roman coin finds in Ukraine, facilitating further study of their circulation.