| Abstrakt: |
The present article is part of the effort to recover and capitalize on some older monetary information which, from case to case, can even add important landmarks to the whole of older archaeological research. Thus, a new Macedonian monetary hoard discovered during the 70s at the "Histria-Pod" point, located approximately 4 km. west-southwest from the Istros fortress, is presented. Archaeological research was carried out here in the years 1980 and 1983-1992, which brought to light the vestiges of a settlement with at least three levels of housing, the last one specific to the 3rd century BC, shows sporadic cultural traces. The hoard, discovered by chance by a veterinarian, consists of 11 Alexander III-type Macedonian drachmas struck in mints from Asia Minor and in uncertain workshops. The timing of his entry may be related to the involvement of Lysimachos' army with garrisons, as king of Thrace, at Istros, subsequent to the Macedonian military actions caused by the revolt of the allied West Pontic colonies. For an unidentified reason, with the end of the settlement at the "Histria-Pod" point, which does not seem to have been violent, the hoard remained "sealed" on the floor of a possible pit-dwelling on the third level of living. Situation that may have occurred in the first or especially in the second decade of the 3rd century BC, after the defeat of the revolt of the West-Pontic colonies and the installation of military garrisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
