Macedonia: Archaeologists Discovered 80 Venetian Coins in Strumica
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The coins date to the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, the Dnevnik newspaper reported today. Initial information points to the fact that the Tsarevi Kuli Fortress near Strumica was marked by intensive life through the centuries.
The erstwhile population of the area, according to the publication, had trade relations with the Republic of Venice – Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, especially after the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the formation of the Latin kingdoms in the Byzantine Empire.
As BalkanTravellers.com reported in April, archaeologists’’ recent findings at the Tsarevi Kuli site included 4,300 medieval coins, dating to Komnenos dynasty from the second half of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth century, as well as several fourth-century-BC coins with the image of the father of Alexander the Great – Philip II of Macedon.
In addition to coins, the site until now has also yielded other important findings, as well as a pre-historic settlement, which testifies to the existence of life in the area for over seven millennia.
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