Finally, here is his more complete view:
>Let us point out another strange effect. According to the historians, the coin caches of the X-XIII century found on the territory of Russia hardly contain any Italian, French, or Spanish coins of X-XIII century A.D.. Only single Italian coins (!) of the X-XIII century have been found among the tens of thousands of coins dating from that period. Historians have created a theory that is supposed to explain this strange occurrence – namely, that there were no economical or trade connexions between Russia and Italy in the X-XIII century ([685] , pages 200-211). This “numismatic theory”
contradicts written sources explicitly mentioning extensive trade and economic relations. The historian’s commentary is that “the contradictions between the numismatic and other data is purely illusionary”. However, no explanations of any kind are given. We shall formulate the following hypothesis: Western Europe and Italy in particular really minted a very small number of gold coins
before the XIII century, which is why they aren’t found in treasure caches on the territory of Russia.
>>17862912Yes, they are from vol. XVI "Crusades & Exoduses".