Considerații privind diminuarea numărului tezaurelor monetare din Țara Românească între ultimul sfert de secol XVII și prima jumătate a secolului XVIII
Considerations on the decrease in the number of money hoards in Wallachia between the last quarter of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The period between the years 1670 and 1750 in Walachia is characterised from an archaeological point of view by a low number of monetary treasures in comparison with other periods. This fact is to a great extent due to the excessive fiscality practiced by the Romanian State in order to cover the more and more high demands of the Ottoman Empire in money and raw materials. One should mention the crisis the Ottoman Empire faced during that period, especially after the disaster of Vienna (September 1683), the military social and policital repercussions of which were practically incalculable - loss of Hungary and Transilvania, afterwards even of Serbia, Banate and Oltenia - for a brief tine; a rise in prices for the main consumer goods and even of the foodstuffs, inflation and breakdown of the rate of exchange of the Ottoman currencies as against the currencies of the Western and Central - European States. One also should mention the sclerosis condition of the Ottoman Authorities, their incapability to intervene and resolve the difficult situations of the battle fronts, despite some local successes (victory of Zămeşti - 1690, that of Stănileşti - 1711).

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