Мангър на султан Мурад I (?) (1362–1389) от археологически проучвания в Националния историко археологически резерват „Мадара“
A Mangır of Sultan Murad I (?) (1362–1389) Found during Archaeological Excavations in the Territory of Madara National Historical and Archaeological Reserve

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is a copper coin (mangır) of Sultan Murad I (?) (1362–1389) found during archaeological excavations in the territory of Madara National Historical and Archaeological Reserve. The authors connect the specimen’s location near the fortress with its capturing by the Ottomans in the winter of 1388. There is a high probability that the coin belonged to a participant in the battle of Madara, or it could have been part of the monetary circulation in this area in the years after the conquest of the fortress. In favour of those assumption is the presence of a late medieval necropolis nearby, which suggests more intensive inhabitancy of the fortress. Future archaeological excavations within the boundaries of the Reserve and new scientific publications on Late Middle Ages (Early Ottoman period) will contribute to broaden our understanding of the region during that period.

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