Pages: 117-125 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp216117125
In 2020, a hoard of 14 Chersonesian tetrassarii with dates was discovered during the archaeological excavations at Dezdar-dere 2 Necropolis located on the territory of Sevastopol. The assemblage contains coins bearing the years 94, 96 and 120 of the Chersonesian era. All tetrassarii bear a round countermark depicting the Virgin holding a bow and a spear. The hoard was most likely concealed at the very beginning of Hadrian’s reign. Since only a few dozen single Chersonesian tetrassarii of the Flavian time have survived, as well as a small number of hoards is known, containing them, this circumstance emphasizes the special importance of finding a new homogeneous assemblage of dated coins of Tauric Chersonesos.
Keywords: North Pontic region, Tauric Chersonesos, 1st —2nd cc. AD, coin hoard, currency, coinage, coinage alloys, X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
Information about authors:
Mikhail Abramzon (Moscow; Magnitogorsk, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation; Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University. Lenin Ave., 38, Magnitogorsk, 455000, Russian Federation
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Semen Ermolin (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
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Olga Gunchina (Sennoy, Russian Federation). State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve “Phanagoria”. Lenin St., 7, Sennoy, Temryuk district, Krasnodar Krai, 353540, Russian Federation
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Sergey Yazikov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
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