Numizmatičke Vijesti, Vol. 59 No. 70, 2017.
Original scientific paper
hoard of silver coins of Aquileia and Trieste from the second half of the 13th century found near the village of Njivica (Slovenia)
Andrej Šemrov
; National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, SLO
Abstract
A hoard from the vicinity of Češnjica near Kropa was published in 2016 in Numizmatičke vijesti 58/69. After this publication, a private collector from Kranj decided to take another look at the area of the discovery. In April 2017 he discovered another seven Aquileian and Trieste silver coins, and then donated the coins to the Numismatic Cabinet of the National Museum of Slovenia (further NMS). A visit to the site established that the site of discovery corresponded to the previously known location of the hoard. During field survey and discussion with the collector, data was uncovered about yet another related nearby find from the vicinity of Njivica (Besnica). The latter find was discovered with a metal detector in 1985, and the finder sold the coins to a collector in Gorenjska/Upper Carniola, who still possesses them today - the find would seem to have been completely preserved. The coins were scattered over a square meter or two and probably represent the contents of the purse of a traveller, who lost or concealed it along the old road that led from Friuli through Carniola to Carinthia. The find is composed of eleven coins of the Aquileian patriarchs Berthold (Bertoldo; 1218–1251) and Gregory (Gregorio; 1251–1269), and nine Trieste coins of the bishops Volrico (Volrico de Portis da Cividale; 1233–1254), Arlongo (Arlongo de Voitsberg; 1254–1280), and an anonymous minting (Civitas; 1254–1257). The purse would have been lost after 1269.
Keywords
Kranjska; Carniola; Češnjica pri Kropi; Njivica pri Besnici; hoard; 13th century; analysis
Hrčak ID:
195790
URI
Publication date:
17.11.2017.
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