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Date noi privind ponduri antice și medievale târzii descoperite în Dobrogea
New Data on Ancient and Late Medieval Weights Discovered in Dobruja

Author(s): Gabriel Custurea
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Economic history, Ancient World
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie Constanța
Keywords: pond; Dobrogea; dirhem; semissis; tremissis;

Summary/Abstract: The author presents 10 weights recently entered in the MINAC collections.It is a Callatian weight (early Roman), discovered at Dulcești (no. 1), late Romanpieces discovered at Izvoarele - Sucidava (no. 2, 3) and somewhere in Dobrogea (no. 9),and six late medieval and modern weights, discovered in Târgușor (no. 4, 5, 6), Tufani(no. 7), Vâlcele (no. 8) and in an unspecified place (no. 10). All these discoveries attest to the development of trade and even the exchange of money in different historical epochs.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 483-490
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian