Ștampile de chersones de la Koshary, reg. Odesa, Ucraina
Amphora stamps of Chersonesos from Koshary, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: This article continues the publication of the collection of amphora stamps from the Koshary settlement. In various publications in Moldova and abroad, the stamps of Thasos, Heraclea and Sinope were presented. The stamps of Tauric Chersonesos occupy the 4th place in this list in terms of quantity. A total of 21 stamps are presented, 20 of which are magistrates’ stamps and only one belongs to manufacturers’ stamps. The stamps date back to the time between 325 and 273 BC and represent the main period of the arrival of products in the Chersonesos containers in this region and in the North-Western Black Sea region. A comparative analysis of the Chersonesos amphorae imports at various sites of the North-Western Black Sea region on the territory of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Romania confirms that after 273 BC Chersonesos amphora import practically ceases, and the appearance of amphorae after this time is quite insignificant.

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