The study includes an analysis of coins, weights and seals found during archaeological excavations in Serdica over the past 20 years. These are artifacts that have a direct attitude to trade and economic relations in Serdica and reveal the connection between the city and the central government. Some of the artifacts discussed are not known in the academic literature so far, which makes the problems especially relevant.Despite the huge amount of information about Serdica, the problem of the transition from the Late Antiquity to the Medieval city and the changes that took place in the 6th—7th c. still remains unexplored. According to archaeologists, the data on this period seems difficult to establish, which is explained by the unrepresentative nature of homes and structures, as well as their destruction to a large extent by the massive foundations of Ottoman and modern buildings. Against the background of limited and not always chronologically reliable data from the terrain, the present study includes pieces that have a relatively accurate dating — coins, weights, and seals, and which clarify important moments in the history of the city during this period

Table of contents

Preface

Chapter one. The period of the 6th—7th centuries

1. Historical context and scope of the study

2. Reports on Serdica from the 6th—7th centuries

Chapter two. Coin circulation in Serdica in the 6th—7th centuries

1. Observations on the coin circulation in Serdica until the 6th century

2. The monetary-weights system in the 6th—7th centuries

3. Hoards

4. Single coin finds

4.1. Coins of Anastasius I (491‒518)

4.2. Coins of Justin I (518—527)

4.3. Coins of Justinian I (527—565)

4.4. Coins of Justin II (565—578)

4.5. Coins of Tiberius II Constantine (578—582)

4.6. Coins of Mauricius Tiberius (582—602)

4.7. Coins of Emperor Phocas (602—610)

4.8. Coins of Emperor Heraclius (610—641)

5. Catalogue

Chapter three. Weights found in Serdica

1. On the weights

2. Weights found in Serdica

2.1. Hoards of weights

2.2. Single weights

3. Catalogue

Chapter four. Sphragistic monuments found in Serdica

1. Imperial seals

2. Seals of officials

3. Seals of persons with a title

4. Seals of private individuals

5. Signacula found in Serdica

Conclusion

Reference list

Abbreviations

Summary in English

List of figures

Illustrations