Doncheva, Stela – Zhenya Zhekova : Production of Imitative Byzantine Folles in the First Bulgarian Kingdom
Stela Doncheva – Zhenya Zhekova,
Production of Imitative Byzantine Folles in the First Bulgarian Kingdom
Veliko Tarnovo 2022
ISBN 978-619-00-1586-4
316 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 16,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover
englisch mit bulgarischer Zusammenfassung / english with a summary in Bulgarian
The subject of the present monograph are imitations of copper
Byzantine coins folles from the 10th century found in production
centers for artistic metal from the age of the Early Medieval
Bulgarian state. This book’s work unites the efforts of the
researchers of these sites, as well as of the numismatists working on
the subject of imitative coinage in the First Bulgarian Kingdom.
Emphasis is placed on the fact that the coins were found in a
situated environment, dated according to the age and space. Along
with them, both artifacts from the same chronological period and
original Byzantine issues were found. All coins were subjected to
X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis together with objects produced
at the studied workshops, proving their common origin and place of
production. Undoubtedly, the main initiator of this production was
the Preslav ruler’s court, as we can judge from the documented
molybdobullae found in the area of the three centers. The Bulgarian
imitative coinage of this period is a reflection not only of the
economic condition of the Bulgarian medieval state and its need for
monetary resources, but also an expression of its political stability
and the self-confidence of the Bulgarian rulers in the tenth century.
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