Published: 2022-12-30

The second hoard from Strzelce Krajeńskie (2014) – preliminary studies and metal analyses of selected coins

Beata Miazga , Paweł Milejski
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/74.2022.2.3090

Abstract

The second hoard from Strzelce Krajeńskie was discovered in 2014. The assemblage consists of at least 1948 coins. The article presents the interdisciplinary study of 109 of these coins. Apart from all Prague groschen, wittens, hellers and Jagiellonian pennies also 10 Brandenburg and 70 West Pomeranian pennies were loaned for this project by the museum where the assemblage is housed. Care was taken to select the most statistically representative sample possible. Twenty Vinkenaugen from the Szczecin mint were selected – as well as ten pennies minted in Gryfino, Koszalin, Słupsk, Stargard and Kołobrzeg. Additionally, 48 coins were subjected to a metallographic analysis – 18 Prague groschen of Wenceslas IV, two pennies of Vladislaus III, two Mecklenburg and three West Pomeranian wittens, four coins identified as Silesian hellers and 19 West Pomeranian pennies.

The results we obtained demonstrate the benefits of collaboration between numismatics and natural sciences. Interdisciplinary research conducted on part of the second hoard from Strzelce Krajeńskie reveals its research potential and value as an archaeological source for the study of monetary history.

Keywords:

Strzelce Krajeńskie, hoard, Prague groschen, Vinkenaugen, metallographic analyses

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Miazga, B., & Milejski, P. (2022). The second hoard from Strzelce Krajeńskie (2014) – preliminary studies and metal analyses of selected coins . Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 74(2), 337–365. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/74.2022.2.3090

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