Discovery of the Golden Horde Coins in the Levokumskoye District of the Stavropol Krai as an Indication of the Direction of Medieval Trade Routes
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2024.3.262.268Keywords:
archaeology, Coins of Khwarazm, Majar settlement, coin finds, mausoleum, caravanseraiAbstract
The article presents the Jochid silver coins minted during the reign of Toktamysh Khan in Khwarazm and a pottery assemblage consisting of architectural and transport ceramics, accidentally discovered on sandy blow-off in the northwestern part of the Levokumskoye district of the Stavropol Krai. An attempt is made on the basis of the available published archaeological and archival material to analyze the involvement of coins chased by the mint of Khwarazm during the reign of Toktamysh Khan in the commodity-money turnover of the Majar market. Based on the presented material, an attempt is made about the presence in the area of discovery of the mentioned assemblage, burial object or a residential settlement from the time of the Golden Horde, which could be on the transport route connecting the city of Majar with the cities of the Lower Volga region and Central Asia.
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