Hoard in a jar
Coins – Moscow 1613–1645
Jar – Köln (?), 15th–16th cc.
Silver; calking. Clay; baking, glazing
Common weight – 3,2 kg
Acquisition: in 1978
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A hoard in a jar consists of 6530 silver coins of the end of tzar Mikhail Fyodorovich’s (1596–1645) reign. It was found in a German jar next to Tverskaya Square in Moscow during earthworks in a layer of antique bricks. In 17th century here were situated courts and markets for citizens, who came from Veliky Novgorod, so they used a lot of European items.
We believe that the hoard was put into such a jar from Rhein not accidentally. This jar was branded by a high relief on its neck with a picture of a beard man and a rosette with heraldic image lower it. Such vessels were imported to Russia and are known as “stone Rheinish goods”.
The sum of this hoard – 65 roubles 3 grivnas – was an average income of a merchant, who traded in 17th century at the market of Moscow.
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