SİKKELER IŞIĞINDA PRUSIAS AD HYPIUM’DAN PONTOS EUXEINOS’A NEHİR TAŞIMACILIĞI VE TİCARİ FAALİYETLER
THE RIVER SHIPPING FROM PRUSIAS AD HYPIUM TO PONTOS EUXEINOS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE LIGHT OF THE COINS

Summary/Abstract: The ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium, located in the Konuralp, neighbourhood of Düzce, was established on the southern slope of a sheltered hill on the side of the Melen river bearing the name Hypios. Although it is not a port city and it is far from the sea, Prusias ad Hypium city on the banks of the Hypios, has benefited the natural advantages of the river used in transport and pouring from the Melenağzı to Pontos Euxeinos. The mouth of the Hypios River (Melenağzı) poured into Pontos Euxeinos was a convenient and well-sheltered harbour with navigation on the river to the interior and abroad.

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