Monetary Circulation in Scythia
Andrei Gandila
Some Aspects of the Monetary Circulation in the Byzantine Province of Scythia during the 6th-7th Centuries
Until the last decades, the study of the Byzantine coin circulation during the 6th-7th centuries AD attracted only a few scholars involved in
Ancient Numismatics. Modern approaches, both in numismatics and historical research, made possible a few studies aiming to draw some guidelines on the
coin circulation during the early Byzantine period. The present study does not intend to offer solutions to all the problems raised by the circulation
of the early Byzantine coins in Scythia, nor does it try to give a final resolution in terms of statistical figures, being just an
overview on the matter based on the contributions of a number of Balkans researchers in the past half century.
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