HOARD OF GOLD BOSPORAN STATERS OF THE II-III centuries AD FROM THE VILLAGE OF KAZANSKAYA *
In 1972, a treasure trove of staters of the Bosporan kings Sauromat II (174-210/211) and Reskuporid III (211-226) was found in the village of Kazanskaya near Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai. The treasure was deposited in the Krasnodar Museum (KM - 1021-1034) 1 . After N. V. Anfimov, an employee of the museum, informed 2 about the discovery, this treasure was mentioned in the summary of Bosporan treasures of Roman time 3 . Meanwhile, a detailed description of staters from this treasure by year and type, as well as their metrological data, has not yet been published. The Kazan hoard includes only 14 coins, of which Sauromat II owns 4 copies. (N 1-4), Rescuporide III - 10 copies. (N 5-14). The most similar in composition and time of concealment to the published complex is the hoard of 1958 from Gnilovsky gorodishche4, consisting of staters Evpator, Sauromat II and Reskuporid III.
* The article was written in the framework of the project "Hoards of ancient coins in the South of Russia", supported by the Russian State Scientific Foundation. The project code is 98-01-00113.
1 The authors thank the director of KGIAMZ I. I. Borzilo and the curator of the funds T. V. Yurchenko for the kind opportunity to publish the treasure.
Anfimov N. V. 2 Hoards of Bosporan coins found in the Krasnodar Territory //Tez. dokl. archaeological conference. IA of the USSR Academy of Sciences, dedicated to field research, 1972, Moscow, 1972, p. 1.
Frolova N. A. 3 The invasion of barbarian tribes in the cities of the Northern Black Sea region according to numismatic data / / SA. 1989. N 4. p. 196; ona. Coin business of the Bosporus (mid-I century BC - mid-IV century AD). Part II. Moscow, 1997. p. 169.
Yatsenki V. V. 4 A treasure trove of electric Bosporan staters from the Gnilovo settlement / / VDI. 1993. N 3. pp. 43-54.
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