THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF NUMISMATICS OF THE ALMATY REGION (6th -18th CENTURIES)

Abstract

This article examines the history of the study of coins found in the city and region of Almaty. The purpose of the article is to introduce scientific data and determine the prospects for the development of numismatic research in the field of monetary circulation in Almaty and the region. Based on the stated goal, the following research tasks have been identified: collecting materials on numismatics in Almaty and the Almaty region, analyzing, and systematizing the materials. In the course of the research, three groups of basic studies were considered – primary, field studies of numismatic material, scientific literature of a monographic nature, which contains materials on numismatic material and scientific articles. The research available in Kazakhstani science on numismatic materials of Almaty and Almaty region has been studied and analyzed. The works reflecting the history of the study of numismatics in the context of Almaty and the region of different time periods are studied in detail. The historiographical analysis of scientific works on numismatic materials allowed us to determine the breadth of numismatic problems on which the works are based. Their possibilities and prospects for reproducing the picture of the history of the study of numismatics in Almaty and the Almaty region are determined. The main part of the research consists of work on archaeological materials with the inclusion of data on the study of individual coins and coin hoards. In particular, we can note that the coins found on the territory of Almaty have a more or less sufficient historiographical base compared to the coins found on the territory of the Almaty region. And it should be noted that there is no information about the location of most of the coins found. In turn, the lack of scientific fixation of coins negatively affects the peculiarity and trend of the development of the political and economic system of the state.

Key words: numismatics, coins, Almaty, Almaty region, Karakhanids, Chagataids, historiography.