Un lot de monede medievale şi moderne descoperit la Cetatea Albă. Observaţii preliminare

Rezumat

The authors are presenting 53 monetary issues dated between the 13th and 18th centuries which were discovered at Cetatea Albă and are now part of a private collection. The analysed batch contains 10 issues of the Golden Hoard, including two imitations, two Tartarian-Genovese coins, a Tartarian-Venetian coin, 10 Moldavian issues but also two coins countermarked in Cetatea Albă. The largest set is represented by the Ottoman issues from the period of Bayezid II – Mahmud II among which there are also two imitations. These are joined by two Crimean coins from the 15th and 18th century, as well as two issues of the Romano-Germanic Empire.

Keywords: Cetatea Albă, coins, denar, Golden Hoard, gross, Khanate of Crimea, Moldavian issues, Ottoman issues.