A 15thCENTURY DEPOSIT OF OTTOMAN COINS DISCOVERED IN CRIMEA
Journal: THE UKRAINIAN NUMISMATIC ANNUAL
Year: 2019

The article deals with a deposit discovered in late 2012 in the foothills of the Crimean Mountains by a private person. The deposit contains 44 Ottoman silver coins (akches). 1 akche was minted in the last year of Murad II's first reign (1444), while the others -during Mehmed II's second reign (1451-1481). These coins are dated AH 855 (5 pcs.) and 865 (38 pcs.) and were issued during 1451-1460 and 1460-1470 respectively. The majority of coins from the deposit were minted at Rumelian mints -Edirn