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The
Greek-Scythian period (VII BC - I AD)
- is represented by the coins of the Greek city - states existing
in antique times on the Northern Black Sea Coast (Olbia, Tyra, Nikoniy,
Chersonessos, Kerkinitida, Theodosia, Pantikapaion and others);
and also by the urban and imperial issue of the Bosporos State.
Besides the coins of the Northern Black Sea Coast there are coins
of many cities and states of the other parts of the Greek world
in the collection of the museum. |
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The
Roman-Sarmatian period (I - V AD) - is represented by the
own issues of the cities of the Northern Black Sea Coast and the
Bosporos State. It was the period of the Roman influence on the
region. It is also represented by the own Roman coins of that period
including the coins of the Roman provinces (Thrace, Moesia and others),
by the barbarian imitation. |
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The
Arabic-Byzantian period (V - è AD) - is represented by the
coins of different Arabian and other Eastern states (Sasanidas,
Omeyadas, Abbacidas, Samanidas and others). These coins were in
circulation in Kievskaya Rus. This period is also represented by
the coins of Byzantium, medieval Chersonessos and Taman. |
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The
Kiev-European period (è - èû centuries) - is represented
by the main monetary unit of Kievskaya Rus - grivna (Kiev and Chernigov
types), by the coins of Tmutarakhan Princedom, and also by the West-European
and Byzantian coins of this period, of Bulgarian, Armenian and Trapezund
kingdoms. |
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The
Mongolian-Tatar period (èû - XVIII centuries) - is represented
by the Golden Horde's, Crimean-Tatar, Crimean-Genoese, Moldavian
and Turkish coins. |
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The
Polish-Lithuanian period (XIV - XVIII centuries) - besides
the Polish and Lithuanian coins is represented by the other types
circulating in quantity in those times in Ukraine: by Hungary, Venice,
Germany, Moscow State etc. |
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The
Russian-Soviet period (XVIII cent. - 1991) - is represented
by the coins of the Russian Empire and Dual Monarchy and beginning
from 1921 - by the Soviet coins and the substitutes of money. |
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The
independent period (since 1991) - is represented by the
samples of the metallic national currency (karbovanets, grivnas)
of regular circulation and commemorative.

© The Odessa Museum of Numismatic 2000.
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