The Hoard of Medieval Coins from Stizhok Village
In the spring of 2011, a clay pot was found in a field nearby the Stizhok village in Shumsk district, Ternopil’ region, Ukraine. The pot contained about 2500 silver coins struck in the Golden Horde, Crimean Khanate, Caffa, Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, and Lithuania. The significant part of oriental coins bears the Tartar, Moldavian and Lithuanian countermarks.
Most likely, the treasure was hidden during the Tartar military expansion at the end of XV and beginning of XVI centuries.
In the spring of 2011, a clay pot was found in a field nearby the Stizhok village in Shumsk district, Ternopil’ region, Ukraine. The pot contained about 2500 silver coins struck in the Golden Horde, Crimean Khanate, Caffa, Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, and Lithuania. The significant part of oriental coins bears the Tartar, Moldavian and Lithuanian countermarks.
Most likely, the treasure was hidden during the Tartar military expansion at the end of XV and beginning of XVI centuries.