A tourist found silver coins from the 13th and 14th centuries under an uprooted tree near Piešťany.
Archaeologists made a 1,600-year-old discovery at Spiš Read more He has reported it to the Regional Monuments Board (KPÚ) in Trnava. Its workers found 147 middle-age silver coins after searching with a detector. The coins are mostly Wiener pfennigs but there are also Hungarian imitations of Wiener pfennigs that were minted in the years 1251 and 1330.
The coins were probably stored in a leather or fabric wrapper, Matúš Sládok of KPÚ Trnava opined, but there were no traces left of the wrapper.
Died or did not remember
Mass findings of pfennigs, which were hidden during the mid-14th century, are not uncommon, according to Sládok.
7000-year-old objects discovered during small construction works Read more “Owners hid their movable property, especially finances, in unstable times when they were trying to protect it from enemies and robbers,” Sládok said, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
The fact that these coins were discovered means that the owners probably died or forgot to unearth their hidden money, Sládok explained.
An expert will now estimate the value of the discovery. The tourist who found the coins has asked for a finder’s fee.
19. Oct 2020 at 11:20 | Compiled by Spectator staff
