Tyragetia (Dec 2017)
Chronicle of coin findings (XI)
Abstract
The author introduces into the scientific circulation the coins, which were registered during the second half of 2016 and the first half of 2017. Most of them were discovered as a result of archaeological excavations, and some coins were brought to the National Museum of History of Moldova to attribute them. The earliest of the antique coins are several specimens of drachmae from Istros, the place of which finding is unknown, as well as the golden stater of Mithridates VI Eupator (120-63 BC), minted in Callatis. Into the Chronicle there are also included 9 coins of the Roman period. Among them is the denarius of Trajan (98-117 AD), dated between 114-117, which was found in the village of Cobîlea of the Şoldăneşti District, and two coins of the times of Septimius Severus, one of which was minted in Tiras. Medieval finds are represented by coins found during excavations at the 17th century church in the village of Căuşeni, near the Soroca Fortress, during the rescue excavations in the territory of Old Orhei, etc.
