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Abstract

The paper discuses 113 coins retrieved during the 2019–2022 archaeological excavations at the ancient site of “Settlement”, located 0.6 km west of the western outskirts of the village of Starotitarovskaya (Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory) in. The coins constitute a reliable numismatic profile of the region, and also reflect the various periods of tension in the life of the settlement. Generally, the numismatic material from “Settlement” covers the timespan from the 5th century BC to the turn of the 2nd/1st centuries BC. The greatest intensity of life, judging by the numismatic material, falls on the last third of the 4th to the mid-3rd century BC. 70 coins have come down from this time. Then the decline lasted in the second half of the 3rd to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC: no coins came from the second half of the 3rd century BC, while 40 coins are dated to 2nd century BC. Two coins date from the reign of Mithridates VI. Thus, numismatic materials clarify the phases of the functioning of the settlement at the station. Starotitarovskaya, life on which apparently ceased at the very beginning of the 1st century BC.

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Cimmerian Bosporus, Taman peninsula, “Settlement” site near Starotitarovskaya, excavation coins, currency.

Mikhail G. Abramzon, Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Andrey B. Kolesnikov, Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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