Original scientific paper
THE HOARD OF VENETfAN COINS FOUND IN DOBRA VODA NEAR BENKOVAC
Tomislav Šeparović
; Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika
Abstract
The paper publishes/or the first time the hoard o/Venetian coins found in Dobra Voda. near Benkovac. This is an incidental discovery. made in 1929. and purchased/or the Split Archaeological Museum. Unfortunately, today this find cannot be identified in the museum s collection. wherefore any conclusions may be madejrom archives data only. The find contained 38 silver coins of Venerian dodges of the second half of the I5th and the beginning of the 16th centuries. The latest of them were coins ofthe dodge Leonardo Loredana, constituting the terminus post quem in determining the time when the coins were hidden. The find can be explained by the grave political situation in the early 16th century, when the Dalmatian towns hinterland was being destroyed by the Ottomans. especially following the fall of Knin and Ostrovica. important defence strongholds in the lands ruled by the Croato-Hungarian rulers. Translated by: D. Kečkemet 241
Keywords
hoard. Venetian coins. the Ottomons. Dobra Voda. Vrana
Hrčak ID:
81857
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2005.
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