The coins of the soldier emperors in the collection of the Charles University

The thesis Coins of the soldier emperors in the Collection of the Charles University is drawn up as a two-peiced study. First part of the study relates to the history, striking of the coinage, iconography and economy of the period under consideration. Historical events from 235 to 284 AD are briefly outlined, mentioned are also the extraordinary state formations, which arose after 260 AD. Further is described the grow of the mints in provinces, grow of the mint production, iconography and typical features of particular mints. In the passage relates to economy are described particular nominals, their gradual debasement, including the impact of these steps on the monetary system and the Aurelian's reform. Outlined are the revenues and expenses of the state budget and their estimation for the 3rd century AD based on grow of the soldiery salary. The second part of the thesis is created by the catalogue of 558 coins of the soldier emperors. Evaluation of the processed material is carried out in form of charts and graphs. The catalogue is composed by virtue of modern processes by use of the literature commonly used in the foreign publications. The notes of the catalogue mainly records inconsistency between the processed material and literature, only in four cases, where the inconsistencies are considerable, had..