Objective Methods in the Research of Coinages of Byzantine Cherson and the Crimea
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2021

This paper considers the coin-die method of numismatic research, which, by A. N. Zograf’s definition, is an “objective scientific method.” The need to turn to this description is related to the fact that not all authors of publications are familiar with the principles of this method. The technical features of the use of mechanically connected pairs of dies in coinage, which became widespread in ancient times and were applied in the coinages of Bosporos and Chersonese (mediaeval Cherson) from the