Chronology and Numismatic Inferences of the first Muşatin Stone Fortresses

The paper aims at reviving and bringing into a new focus the highly complex issues raised by the chronology of the first Muşatin stone fortresses (the Şcheia, Suceava and Neamţ fortresses). While a throughout analysis of the context these fortresses were raised reveals determining factors and conjectural political consequences, some details, brought into light both by archaeological researches undertaken on these fortifications and some related logical connections, raise significant doubts on the chronological succesion of the first Moldavian monetary emissions. The paper starts from the excursus published in our study on the genesis of outer Carpathian medieval towns, later unfolded in a presentation at the national symposium The Monument – tradition and future, in Iaşi.Căprăroiu Denis. Chronology and Numismatic Inferences of the first Muşatin Stone Fortresses. In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 18, Numéro 2, 2016. pp. 25-31