Czech woman, out for a walk, discovers more than 900-year-old treasure
Silver coins
A woman who was out for a walk stumbled upon a treasure trove of more than 2,150 silver coins which are over 900 years old near Czech Republic’s Kutnohorsk region. The treasure from the Middle Ages was described as “one of the greatest finds of the last decade” by the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ARUP).
About the discovery
The silver coins are said to have been minted some time between 1085 and 1107. According to a statement by the ARUP, it is the largest early medieval coin depot found in the Kutnohorsk region.
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“The coins were most likely minted in the Prague mint from silver that was imported to Bohemia at the time,” said Lenka Mazačová, director of the Czech Silver Museum, according to a statement by the ARUP.
The discovery“can be compared to winning a million in the jackpot,” said Filip Velimsky, an archaeologist from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague.
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He also explained how the silver coins represent “a huge amount,” and was “unimaginable for an ordinary person…(and) it can be compared to winning a million in the jackpot”.
‘Internal political instability’
Experts also believe that the coins were hidden during a time of “internal political instability” in the Czech lands due to disputes in the country between the members of the Premysl dynasty about the princely throne of Prague.
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Velimsky said that the coins were originally stored in a ceramic container which, unfortunately, was destroyed over time and only the bottom part of it was preserved.
Researchers working on the project also believe that these coins may have been meant for soldiers’ wages or some kind of war loot.
The coins, according to the experts, are now being processed which includes x-ray imaging and spectral analysis of the coins to determine what material these coins are made from.
They will hopefully be displayed to the public by the summer of 2025, said the researchers.
(With inputs from agencies)