Ad memoriam

I.S. Pioro (Kiev, Ukraine). Objective and Genuine Approaches in Scientific Work of V.V. Kropotkin .......... 10
List of Published Scientific Works by V.V. Kropotkin .......... 16

Our archieve

V.V. Kropotkin. Additions to the List of Roman Coins .......... 20
P.O. Karyshkovskii. Three Olbian Dedications of the First Centuries AD .......... 118
P.V. Sovetov. The Cost of Foreign Control: Forms of Moldavia’s Economic Dependence on the Ottoman Empire .......... 138

Talents and lepta of the antiquity

O.N. Melnikov (Nikolaev, Ukraine). A Contribution to Publication of the Largest Ancient Silver Coin Found on the Black Sea Coast .......... 146
E.J. Turovskii, S.G. Demyanchuk (Sevastopol’, Ukraine). Coins Emitted in Olbia in IV – first quarter of III cc. BC .......... 157
I. Lazarenco (Varna, Bulgaria). Sparatesa: Unknown Thracian Ruler (the Late Second Decade of III C. BC) .......... 164
S. Gramaticu (Bucharest, Romania). The Coins of the Ancient Cilicia from Collection of Maria and George Severeanu .......... 169
V.P. Alexeev (Odessa, Ukraine). The Coins of the King Pharsoes from Tyra .......... 174

The hard flowers of middle ages

G.B. Shagurina (S.-Petersburg, Russia). The Origin of Some Images on the Coins of the Artukids .......... 178
S.N. Travkin (S.-Petersburg, Russia). Some Problems of Numismatics and History of the Old Orhei (Golden Horde Age) .......... 184
A.L. Kryzhanovskii (Lvov, Ukraine). Activities of Lviv Mint in 1385-1386 and Coinage of Red Russian Coins by Vladislav Opolski .......... 196
N.D. Russev (Kishinev, Moldova). Moldavian Coins of Late XIV – first third of XV cc. (Peculiarities of Distribution) .......... 204

Writings

V.M. Zubar (Kiev, Ukraine). New Latin Epigraphic Records of II – middle III c. A.D. from Chersones, Balaclava and Charax .......... 220
V.M. Zubar, V.V. Krapivina (Kiev, Ukraine). The New Latin Inscription and Some Questions of History of Olbia in the Middle of the III Century .......... 239
E.N. Torshin (S.-Petersburg, Russia). A New Find of an Early Russian Inscription and an Image of a Knyaz’ Sign in Smolensk .......... 248
P.P. Byrnja , E. Nicolae (Bucharest, Romania). A Signet Ring of XV c. from the Old Orhei .......... 254
M.E. Shlapak (Kishinev, Moldova). The Most Mysterious Inscription in Belgorod-Dniestrovsk Fortress .......... 260

Archaeology of representations

A.A. Peskova (S.-Petersburg, Russia). Saint Nicholas of Mirlikia in the Iconography Programme of the Ancient Russian Encolpia of XI-XIII cc. .......... 266
Gh. Manucu-Adamesteanu, I. Poll (Bucharest, Romania). A Medallion with St. Cosma and St. Damian Found in Isaccea (Tulcea County, Romania) .......... 285
G. Atanasov (Silistra, Bulgaria). Medieval Icons of St. George on Throne .......... 290

Towards anthropology of civilisations

L.A. Mosionjnik (Kishinev, Moldova). The Death in China (the Ancient Period) .......... 297
G. Manucu-Adamesteanu (Bucharest, Romania). Invasion of Petchengers in the Mouth of the Danube (1027-1048) .......... 345
A.O. Dobrolyubskii (Odessa, Ukraine). Cossack Jews from Zaporozhie Under the Walls of Hadjibei .......... 362

Monograph in the journal

S.V. Beletskii (S.-Petersburg, Russia). The Origin of the Russian Heraldry .......... 366

Findings and publications

L. Lazarov (Dalgopol, Bulgaria). Khorezm Dirham found in North-Eastern Bulgaria .......... 425
V.V. Majko (Simferopol’, Ukraine). Medieval Moldavian Coin from Sudak .......... 427
G.O. Astvatsaturov (Armavir, Russia). Petroglyphs of the Bender Fortress .......... 429
N.D. Russev, E.N. Sava (Kishinev, Moldova). Is a XVIII Counterfeiter’s Patrix Found? .......... 432
I.E. Goncharova (Kishinev, Moldova). The Russian-Turkish Wars of 1735-1878 Reflected in Medals from the Collection of Moldavian National Museum of History .......... 435
I.V. Korpusova (Odessa, Ukraine). Seals of Odessa History and Antiquities Society .......... 442

Reviews

L.A. Mosionjnic (Kishinev, Moldova). The German Experience and Our Perspectives .......... 444
A.A. Romanchuk (Kishinev, Moldova). The «Babel» of our Time: Between Nietzsche and Christianity .......... 454

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......... 463

OUR GEOGRAPHY .......... 466

CONTENTS OF REVIEW «STRATUM PLUS» IN 2000 .......... 467

CALL FOR PAPERS .......... 475