Nikōnion

Niconium was an ancient Greek city on the east bank of the Dniester estuary, located near what is currently the village of Roksolana, in the Ovidiopol district of the Odessa region.

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History

Niconium was founded around the 5th century BC, a time when many nomadic tribes were beginning to settle in the areas north of the Black Sea.^[1] The Greeks settled in this area because of the plentiful fishing and the opportunity to trade with these barbarian settlers.^[2]

Stone construction in the city began in the 5th century. At the turn of the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE^{[citation needed]}, the city was destroyed, an event which was associated with the Macedonian commander Zopyrion, associate of Alexander the Great. In the 1st century ACE, the size of the city increased from the previous period^{[citation needed]}. It is believed that life in Niconium ended around the time of the Great Migrations^{[citation needed]}.

According to the findings of excavations in the area, it appears that in the 5th-4th centuries BC, the money in Niconium mostly consisted of Istrain coins.^[3] It is also possible that Niconium itself minted coins, because some of the coins discovered during excavation are unique in appearance and bear the name of the Scythian king Scylas, who had established a protectorate over Niconium and other settlements in the area and may have been buried in the city.^[4]

References

^ Denis Sinor (1990). The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-521-24304-9. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ George Long (1866). The decline of the Roman republic. Bell & Daldy. p. 261. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ American Numismatic Society (1972). Numismatic literature. American Numismatic Society. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ Н. В. Метелкин (2006). Сокровища и ненайденые клады Украины (К). Olma Media Group. p. 56. ISBN 978-5-373-00246-2. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

Nikonion // North Pontic Archaeology. Colloquia Pontika. – V. 6. – Leiden. Boston. Köln, 2001
А.Г Загинайло П. О. Карышковский. Монеты cкифского царя Скила [Coins of Scythian King Scylus] // Нумизматические исследования по истории Юго-Восточной Европы: Сборник научых трудов. – Кишинёв: Штиинца, 1990. – С. 3 – 15
Загинайло А.Г. Литые монеты царя Скила. // Древнее Причерноморье. – Одесса, 1990. – С. 64-71.
Одесский музей нумизматике. Никоний
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[Sinor1990-1] Denis Sinor (1990). The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-521-24304-9. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[Long1866-2] George Long (1866). The decline of the Roman republic. Bell & Daldy. p. 261. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[Society1972-3] American Numismatic Society (1972). Numismatic literature. American Numismatic Society. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[Метелкин2006-4] Н. В. Метелкин (2006). Сокровища и ненайденые клады Украины (К). Olma Media Group. p. 56. ISBN 978-5-373-00246-2. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

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