Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/archeo.3599

The Numismatic Evidence of the Mongol Invasion in the wider Split Region in March, 1242

Mato Ilkić orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X ; University of Zadar, Department of Archaeology, Zadar, Croatia
Dejan Filipčić orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-3819

Abstract

In this paper the authors reinterpret a number of long known hoards from central Dalmatia containing mostly communal coins of Split, associating their hiding with March 1242, when Bela IV, king of Croatia and Hungary escaped to the Adriatic chased by the Mongols. The Mongol invasion could also explain certain individual coin finds
from caves in southeastern Lika and northern Dalmatia that could have been used as temporary shelters for the local population.

Keywords

king of Croatia and Hungary Bela IV; Mongols; coins from caves; coin hoards; Split; central Dalmatia

Hrčak ID:

272418

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/272418

Publication date:

14.2.2022.

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