The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 24, June 12, 2005, Article 12

PRAGUE COIN HOARD FOUND

Arthur Shippee forwarded the following item from The
Explorator e-newsletter. He writes: "A goblet and a bunch
of coins dating from the 15th century were found during an
excavation in Prague."

"Archaeologists unearthed a ceramic goblet and a large
number of small, silver coins in the courtyard of a house
between Stepanska and Skolska streets in the centre of
Prague last week, said Vojtech Kaspar from the Archaia
archaeological society.

The coins were minted in Kutna Hora in the middle or late
15th Century. According to experts, the finding is unique
since such a large number of coins is seldom unearthed in
Prague.

The so-called "Lostice goblet" was covered under the floor
of a Gothic stone house. Archaeologists unearthed its
foundations under the tarmac covering of the courtyard.
There were about 700 to 1,000 0.4-gramme silver coins
in the goblet.

Such coins, marked with the Czech lion, were minted in
Kutna Hora at a time when the traditional Prague Groschen
were not minted there, Kaspar said. One Grosche was
worth seven such coins.

To read the original article in The Prague Monitor, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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