ДВІ ВІЗАНТІЙСЬКИХ МОНЕТИ З ТЕРИТОРІЇ МОТРОНИНСЬКОГО МОНАСТИРЯ ТА ЛЕГЕНДА ПРО ЙОГО ЗАСНУВАННЯ КНЯГИНЕЮ МОТРОНОЮ
TWO BYZANTINE COINS FROM THE TERRITORY OF MOTRONIN MONASTERY AND THE LEGEND OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT BY PRINCESS MOTRON

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates the situation with the transformation of information of numismatic material in the process of its detection and further use for both scientific and other purposes. In the scientific community, information about the coins found at the Motroninsky settlement in the early nineteenth century was partly not made public, and partly changed as a result of mistakes. At the same time, in the daily life of the population of Chyhyryn region (now Cherkasy region) from the beginning of the XIX century. information about the discovered coins was transformed into a legend about Princess Motrona, who allegedly founded the Orthodox Trinity Motrona Monastery. The article argues that, in fact, the origin of this legend is due solely to a mistake made in the initial identification of the Byzantine follies of the emperors Justinian I and Justin II. At the same time, the stages of spreading information about Byzantine coins and legends about Princess Motrona are traced. The moments connected with the moment of possible discovery of coins and their research in the beginning of the XIX century are found out. In addition, in order to form the most accurate ideas about the coin material found on the territory of the Motroninsky monastery, its primary information is reproduced. It was recorded in an article by F. Krug and in the archival documents of this monastery.

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