UN TEZAUR DE MONEDE UNGUREȘTI DIN SEC. XV-XVI PROVENIT DIN REGIUNEA CERNĂUȚI
A hoard of Hungarian coins from the 15th-16th centuries from the Chernivtsi region

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a hoard of 31 Hungarian denars of Matthias Corvinus and Vladislav II (24 and 7, respectively), issued between 1468-1505, in workshops of Kremnica, Baia Mare, Buda, Cassovia, Wrocław, Vienna. The hoard was found on the territory of Bârlinți village, now extinct. The village was mentioned in the written sources since the 15th century. It was located on the left bank of the Corovăț river, about 500-600 meters from its discharge in Siret. Currently, the hoard is kept at MȘAEO.The hoard from Bârlinți joins other monetary deposits found on the territory of Principality of Moldova, which included Hungarian denars of these two issuers, dated from the 16th till the 18th centuries (over 30 coin hoards). The closest analogy is the Suceava/1967 deposit, formed of 69 denars, with a terminus post quem 1501.The discussed hoard is interesting from the point of view of the monetary marks and/or signs that appear in different combinations on coins. Some of them are not published. The article discusses in particular the period of issue of these coins. Among the lesser-known pieces are those of Matthias Corvinus, struck in the Kremnica workshop, probably by Veil Mühlstein, and especially those attributed to the workshop of Wrocław and Vienna. Also, some coins of Vladislav II minted at Kremnica by Stephanus Ryzmegl and Erasmus Rezl, Andreas Hellebrand and Franz Körnidel are discussed.

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