Phase Composition and Its Spatial Distribution in Antique Copper Coins: Neutron Tomography and Diffraction Studies. [PDF]
The chemical and elementary composition, internal arrangement, and spatial distribution of the components of ancient Greek copper coins were studied using XRF analysis, neutron diffraction and neutron tomography methods. The studied coins are interesting
Bakirov B +5 more
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ROYAL TAMGA-SIGNS OF BOSPORUS II-III CENTURIES AS A RESULT OF THE BARBARIZATION [PDF]
[Ar] علامات التامغا الملكية فى مضيق البوسفور خلال القرنين الثاني والثالث تُقدم هذه الدراسة تحليل استعمال «التامغا» الملكية على مضيق البوسفور.
Evgeny Vdovchenkov
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Alans and Germans in the Bosporan Kingdom in the second half of the 3rd century [PDF]
According to antique authors, Alans from 1st century AD were neighbors of Asian part of the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus and wandered between the lower current of the Volga and Don rivers, and also in northern and east coast of the Azov Sea, up to ...
Alexander Aibabin
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A comprehensive analysis of the sources shows that during the 10th-12th centuries Bosporus, or Bosporan Kingdom, was an important strategic point of the Byzantine Empire in the Northern Black Sea.
Valeriy E. Naumenko
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Royal Tamga Signs and Their Significance for the Epigraphic Culture of the Bosporan Kingdom
This article examines the phenomenon of the so-called royal tamga signs issued on stone stelae in the Bosporan Kingdom in the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE. Tamgas were symbols commonly used by Eurasian nomads throughout the first millennium BCE.
Michał Halamus
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The Bosporan Kingdom started its accession into the Roman Empire’s sphere of influence before the beginning of the 1st century AD, namely after the end of war of Mithridates VI of Pontus with Pompeius in 63 BC.
Mykola Oliynyk
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Bronzes of Sauromates II with Aphrodite sitting on a throne on reverse as source of historical information [PDF]
Our interest in the coins of this group is by no means accidental. It is due to the fact that the image of Aphrodite sitting on a throne was not characteristic for the numismatics of the Bosporan state before Sauromates II.
Choref, M.M.
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Features of the Cult of Ancestors in the Northern Black Sea region of the late Classical time (based on the materials of the settlement “Belinskoye”) [PDF]
The main purpose of the study is to determine the religious essence of the ritual actions performed at the settlement Belinskoye, located on the western borders of the Bosporan Kingdom.
Yartsev, S.V. +2 more
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Nero’s eastern campaign: new solution to the old problem [PDF]
The article is focused on assessing the foreign policy of the Roman Empire on its eastern borders during the reign of Nero. The research was aimed to reveal a wide range of circumstances associated with his eastern military campaign.
Yartsev, S.V. +2 more
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To the question of expansion of the pontic syncretic cult of Mēn—Mithra—Attis in Bosporus [PDF]
The objects of study are the terracotta figurines, discovered in Tanais and on the periphery of Remontnoye village, Rostov Oblast, which are dated 1st c. BCE — 1st c. CE.
Suvorova, N.I.
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