![]() The coins of Thracian Chersonese and Parion date back to 4th century BC. There it’s been located a significant concentration of hemidrachms of Thracian Chersonese and Parion, as well as hoards of bronze coins of Philip II and Alexander III. Stara Zagora’s region is of particular importance for the study of the coin circulation in Thrace in the 4th-1st century BC. Volume - 297 pages coins included - 2394. Thracian, Macedonian, Greek, and Roman republican coins from 6th to 1st century BC by Mariana Minkova, Julia Tzvetkova and Ilya Prokopov. NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF THE REGIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY STARA ZAGORA (ancient Augusta Traiana). This volume was printed with the financial support of the Regional Historical Museum ‘Stoyan Shishkov’ at Smolyan. As usual, coins are catalogued and illustrated with clear black & white photos in chronological and geographic principle, following the classic SNG-standard. ![]() "Borino II" – 33 Late Roman AE3 and AE4, from Constantine I down to Julian II – nos. "Borino I" – 23 AE late Roman AE3 and AE4, from Constantine I down to Julian II – nos. "Barutin" – 91 late Roman AEs, from Constantine I down to Valens – nos. "Smolyan I / 1975" (= IRRCHBg, 61) – 7 Republican denarii and 1 quinarius, nos. "Smolyan region hoard" – 3 AR Alexander-type late tetradrachms, 2 Mesambria and 1 Odessus, ca. ‘Strashimir / 1977" (CH IV, 79) – 22 AE of Thasos and 2 denarii (1- Republican 1 – Augustus) – nos. "Smolyan II / 2000" – 41 small AE of Maroneia, 2nd – 1st century BC – nos. "MVR-Smolyan / 2000" (part of ‘Starcevo I’?) – 28 small AE of Maroneia, 2nd – 1st century BC – nos. "Starcevo – IV" (= IGCH 939?) – 23 small AE of Maroneia of the 2nd – 1st century BC – nos. "Starcevo – III" – 32 small AE of Abdera of the 4th century BC (from excavation) – nos. "Starcevo – II" - 5 small AE of Abdera of the 4th century BC (from filed survey) – nos. "Starcevo – I, Belite kamani" – 726 large AE coins of Maroneia of the 2nd – early 1st century BC (the largest even found hoard) – now 617 published, nos. ‘Abdera hoard "/Starcevo?" – 19 small 4th century BC AE coins of Abdera – nos. It covers the ancient and early Byzantine coin from the region, 1325 pieces in total: among them 1064 are Greek, 13 Thracian, 110 Macedonian, 1 – Egyptian, 1 – South Italian, 22 Roman Republican, 510 Roman Imperial, 42 Roman provincial issues and 30 early Byzantine, as well as 13 coin hoards. All extant hoards and stray coins from the Central Rhodopes are included in this edition. After the first one on the museums of Lovech and Razgrad (CCCHBulg I, 2007) and the second about the coin collection of Kyustendil museum (CCCHBulg II, 2009), the latest volume focuses on the rich numismatic collection of the Regional Historical Museum ‘Stoyan Shishkov’ in the town of Smolyan. This is the third consecutive volume in the series 'Coin Collections and Coin Hoards from Bulgaria', presenting the numismatic collections of municipal and regional museums in Republic of Bulgaria. ![]() Respectively the coin of Tiberius III (698-705) could get into the area even in the second half of the eighth century. It includes also the period after the grounding of Bulgarians on the Balkan peninsula in 680 AD. For this reason the coins of Heraclius (610-641) and Constans II (641-668) could land in the mentioned territory soon after the minting as well as many years or decades after it. 1) and the absence of settlements with regular coin supply after the same year in Moesia Secunda and Scythia, in contrast to other regions of Byzantine empire, suggest most likely that the coins minted after 616 AD got into Lower Danube area from the regions regularly supplied with new coins (such as Constantinople and Messambria). The decrease of coin finds of Byzantine bronze coins minted after 616 AD (tab. The coins were found in unknown places in northeastern Bulgaria. All of them are 40 nummi pieces and has been minted in Constantinople: two specimen of Heraclius, from 635-636 and 639-641 AD, one of Constans II from 643-644 AD, and one of Tiberius III, coined between 701-705 AD. In this paper are presented four Byzantine bronze coins.
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