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The aim of this paper is to present 27 coins in the collection of the "Octavian Moescu" Municipal Museum in Râmnicu Sărat, received as donations or purchased between the years 1980-1995 and 2016. The series presented consists of: Roman and Byzantine coins (6 ex.), issues of the kings of Hungary (5 ex.), Polish-Lithuanian Union (6 ex.), Wallachia (1 ex.), the Ottoman Empire (1 ex.), Habsburg Empire (4 ex.), the Principality of Brandenburg - Ansbach (1 ex.) and "Sadagura" (3 ex.), the oldest being a denarius issued by Vespasianus (69-71), and the latest ones being from the turn of the 18th-19th centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors publish several Byzantine, medieval and modern coins discovered in 2021 in Buzău County. The oldest coin is a Byzantine solidus issued by Emperor Teophilus (829-842) found in the forest near the village of Spătaru, Costești commune. A Hungarian denarius struck by Vladislaus II at the mint in Kremnica (Körmöcbánya) in the years 1500-1502 was found in the forest near Sărulești commune. In the area of Pardoși, a șahi (dirhem) was discovered, issued by the mint in Erzurum during the reign of Sultan Murad III (1574-1595). Another șahi struck at Çança in the name of Sultan Murad III was found in the village of Lipia, Merei commune. In the forest near the village of Mierea, Vernești commune, a lion-thaler from the United Provinces of the Netherlands was discovered, issued in 1651 by Westfriesland. A coin hoard consisting of 57 Ottoman silver coins issued by sultans Abdülhamid I (1774 -1789) and Selim III (1789-1807) was found by chance near the village of Scărișoara, Cislău commune. Aspects of monetary circulation in the area of the Curvature Carpathians in the medieval period are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this issue of the chronicle we publish the Medieval coins preserved in the collection of the History Museum in Roman, within the Neamț National Museum Complex. The coins were discovered between the 60s and 80s of the last century. They come from the following locations: I. Roman -"Precista Mică" Church (Neamț County): nine coins were discovered during the 1969-1972 archaeological research, in the medieval cemetery: Kingdom of Hungary (2 pcs.): Hunyadi Mătyăs, denâr, 1470-1471 (1), 1488 (1); Moldavia (2 pcs.): Bogdan III, gros, 1514-1517 (1), Ştefan IV, gros, 1517-1527 (1); Ottoman Empire (3 pcs.): Selim I, akge, 1518-1520 (1), Suleyman I, akge, 1520-1534 (1), Mehmed III, akge, 1595-1603 (1); Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Ryga (1 pc.): Zygmunt III Waza, szelqg, 1598; Holy Roman Empire: Kingdom of Hungary (1 pc.): Matthias II, denar, 1609-1611; II. Roman (Neamț County) (surroundings): Moldavia (2 pcs.): Alexandru cel Bun, 1/ gros, 1409-1415 (1), Ştefan IV, gros, 1517-1527 (1); Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Polish Crown (3 pcs.): Zygmunt III Waza, szelqg, 1623 (1), poltorak, 1624 (1); Jan II Kazimierz Waza, szelqg, 1661 (1); Lithuania (2 pcs.): Zygmunt II August, polgrosz, 1558 (1); ZygmuntIII Waza, szelqg, 1623 (1); Ryga (city) (3pcs.): ZygmuntIII Waza, szelqg, 1602 (2), trojak, 1597 (1); Poznan (2 pcs.): Zygmunt III Waza, trzeciak, 1627 (2); Holy Roman Empire: Branderburg-Prussia (1 pc.): Georg Wilhelm, Schilling, 1628; Kingdom of Hungary (1 pc.): Leopold I, VI krajcâr, 1670; Silesia (1 pc.): Leopold I, VI Kreuzer, 1692-1693; Liegnitz-Brieg (1 pc.): Christian von Liegnitz-Brieg, 1 Kreuzer, 1670; Kampen (imperial city) (1 pc.): Leeuwendaalder, 1648; Swedish Empire (3 pcs.): Ryga (city): Gustav Adolf, schilling, 1626 (1); Krystyna, schilling, 1644-1645 (1); Karl X Gustav, schilling, 1654-1660 / imitation of "Dabija type" (1); Republic of Venice (1 pc.): Dalmatia and Albania, 2 soldi, 1691-1701; Russian Empire (1 pc.): Catherine II, 5 kopecks, 1766; Ottoman Empire (1 pc.): Abdulhamid I, para, 1777. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study is to bring to the attention of the specialists a number of twelve medieval coins issued by Wallachian and Moldavian princes. The coins are kept in the numismatics collection of the History Museum „Paul Păltănea" from Gala ţi. The silver coins are extremely important for the numismatic researches and for the study of monetary circulation. Two of the coins were found during the archeological researches undertaken during the years 1962-1963, the other ten coins being preserved from the old collection of the museum. Most probably the group of ten coins were found in the area of Gala ţi and Tulcea counties, being illustrative for the monetary circulation from the end of 14th century and the 15th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Czech National Bank issued seven coins in 2010. The following 200 CZK silver pieces were struck: 600th anniversary of construction of the Astronomical Clock in Prague's Old Town, 150th birth anniversary of composer Gustav Mahler, 150th birth anniversary of painter Alfons Mucha, 700th anniversary of marriage of John of Luxembourg to Elisabeth of Bohemia and 100th birth anniversary of director Karel Zeman. Special issues in the series called Cultural Monuments of the Technological Heritage were represented by the following monuments: Heritage Site - Hammer Mill at Dobrív and National Heritage Site - Michal Mine in Ostrava. Also two emissions in gold were produced this year, in denomination of 2,500 CZK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

J. A. Votruba (1884-1965) was a cellist of the National Theatre Orchestra in Prague. Since his childhood, he was interested in history and art. He privately studied graphics and miniature painting. He produced various watercolour miniatures showing Bohemian and Moravian castles and old Prague sceneries. For his personal satisfaction, he also produced small figural sculptures made of rare wood, like chessmen reproducing national historical personalities. As a collector of antiquities, he was focused on old Bohemian and Moravian coins, and he painted some of them in real size using his favourite watercolour technique. In this article, one part of these watercolours is presented - many of them show precise exactness reproducing coin fields and margins in a very realistic way. For comparison, some of these real coins are reproduced in order to show the original models. The author of this article comments some minor imperfections, mainly the colours of worse quality and the technique, which does not allow any corrections. Finally, the author characterises the life-story of this extraordinary and hard working gentleman using his long-term personal contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]