Pages: 89-95

It is the publication of coins of the Latin Empire and Byzantium (during the rule of the Palaeologus) found in the territory between the Prut and the Dniester. There are 30 billon and copper coins, most of which date back to the reign of the Byzantine emperors Andronicus II (1282—1328) and Andronicus III (1328—1341). This period coincides with the active stage in existence of the Golden Horde settlement in Costești. The geography of the coin finds gives the basis to assume that these coins entered the region through Dobruja and further north through the Danube River in the direction of Costești. Coins of the Latin and Byzantine Empires confirm the hypothesis that there were long-term economic contacts between the Golden Horde settlements of the Prut-Dniester and the Balkan-Black Sea region in the period preceding the formation of the Moldavian state.

Keywords: Prut-Dniester region, Golden Horde period, coins, Latin Empire, Byzantium, Kosteshty, geography of the coin’s finds

Information about authors:

Andrey Krivenko (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. 25 Oktiabria St., 128, Tiraspol, 3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
Mikhail Butyrsky (Moscow, Russian Federation). State Museum of Oriental Art. Nikitskiy Bd., 12a, Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation
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