TY - JOUR N2 - The review covers the methodology problems of numismatic research, especially statistic methods, applied in the monograph Evolution of the Currencies: the Black Sea region and the Balkans in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, that resulted from a continuous scientific venture, methodological approaches creation and development. A detailed inspection of the work as a whole, and of the part devoted to methodological approach suggested by the author in particular, testifies to the research being done on the formulae and statistical basis that is an innovative approach in historical science and a revolutionary one – in Russian numismatics. A. Ponomaryov applied Sturges’ rule to solve his scientific problems. This is quite doubtful as Sturges’ rule is not considered valid in modern statistics. A. Ponomaryov’s off-base usage of other statistic laws disputes the obtained results which remain hypothetical without a proper argumentation. Yet Andrey Ponomaryov’s book constitutes an interesting research. The researcher’s indisputable merit is his attempt to level up numismatic researches with the help of other sciences methodology. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113937/PDF-MASTER/document%20-%202019-09-20T123143.642.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113937 PY - 2014 IS - Zeszyt 1-2 (197-198) EP - 262 A1 - Orlik, Vasil' PB - Komitet Nauk Historycznych PAN VL - Rok LVIII DA - 2014 T1 - On the methodology of numismatic research SP - 259 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113937 T2 - Wiadomości Numizmatyczne ER -