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A hoard of staters of Cotys III and Sauromates III from the settlement Volna 1 in the Taman Peninsula
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A hoard of staters of Cotys III and Sauromates III from the settlement Volna 1 in the Taman Peninsula
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S086960630008955-9-
DOI
10.31857/S086960630008955-9
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Mikhail Abramzon 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6111-048X
Affiliation: Institute of Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Sergey Bezuglov
Affiliation: South Federal University
Address: Russian Federation, Rostov-on-Don
Olga Gunchina
Affiliation: “Phanagoria” State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve
Address: Russian Federation, Sennoy
Elmira Ustaeva
Affiliation: Taman Museum Complex – Branch of the Krasnodar E.D. Felitsyn State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve
Address: Russian Federation, Taman
Edition
Issue 4
Pages
98-114
Abstract

The paper is a publication of a hoard of electrum and silver Bosporan staters of the 3rd century AD found inside a burned structure in the ancient settlement of Volna 1 (Taman Peninsula) in 2014. The assemblage includes 99 staters of the Bosporan kings Cotys III (81) and Sauromates III (18). The earliest among the coins are the staters of Cotys III issued in memory of his father Rhescuporis III in AD 228/229. The latest in the hoard are the staters dating from 529 of the Bosporan era (AD 232/233), which actually provide the date for its concealment and the death of the building. The hoard joins a subgroup of hoards concealed in the 220s–230s AD. Their concealment is explained with instability in the Bosporus caused by barbarian invasions and campaigns of the Bosporan kings against them. Another reason for the concealment of hoards under Cotys III (and his successors) was undoubtedly the catastrophic debasement of the stater during his reign. The published hoard clearly reflects this process. The unique homogeneous assemblage of staters of Cotys III and Sauromates III is of decisive importance for the study of currency circulation, the economic and military-political situation on the Bosporus at the end of the first third of the 3rd century AD.

Keywords
the Cimmerian Bosporus, the Volna 1 settlement, coin hoards, Cotys III, Sauromates III, currency circulation
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This work was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project № 20-09-00014 A.
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13.01.2020
Date of publication
21.12.2020
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