The gold-bearing cache in the Polish town of Sroda lska is considered one of the richest treasures of gold and silver coins, precious stones and valuable historical relics that have been found on earth. The archaeological find is considered one of the most valuable in the 20th century.
Gold and silver coins were discovered as a result of the planned demolition of an old building in Srode Slask during the renovation of city blocks on June 8, 1985 The authorities found out about the find in time, claiming legal rights to it. The workers found an old vessel, which contained about 3 thousand groshen (old Austrian and German silver or gold coins). Unfortunately, at that moment the authorities did not carry out any serious archaeological operations. And the jewelry was transferred to the local museum.
But after 3 years, on May 24, 1988, not far from the place where the first treasure was found, workers continued the demolition of buildings and discovered another cache where gold and silver florins were located. Many coins were found already at the landfill where construction waste was brought - the remains of demolished buildings. Ancient jewelry was also found there. Collectors and lovers of antiquity, relics and antiques have gathered in Shrodu-Slon-sku. The values of this treasure are still being discovered. Many are kept in the local museum, others ended up in private collections and disappeared.
Historians argue about the origin of this unique treasure. Many valuable items and jewelry are reputedly owned by King and Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378), a German aristocrat and Holy Roman Emperor since 1347. In 1348, he needed money, and he began to actively pawn royal jewels (crown, expensive pendants and buckles with valuable stones from Blanche's wife of the Valois family) to local pawnshops and Jewish money lenders. So the name of Moses Moyshe, who at that time lived in Srode Slaska, surfaced. It was he who supplied Charles IV with money. But then a black plague fell on the hail, and Moses disappeared from the historical scene
along with the king's jewels. Perhaps the glorious Moses died of the plague. Or perhaps he escaped from the plague city, taking with him the gold of Charles IV. But maybe he fell under the hot hand of the townspeople, who staged a Jewish pogrom during the epidemic, blaming the Jews for the plague invasion. One thing is certain: no one asked for valuables.
BULGARIAN treasure
(Bulgaria - Poltava-Hermitage)
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The Pereshchepinsky treasure is of great historical importance. It was found and removed from the Bulgarian soil with the direct participation of Russian archaeologists. The discovery of this richest and most significant treasure for historical science took place near the Bulgarian village of Maloe Pereshchepino, which is located only 13 kilometers from the city of Poltava.
One day in 1912, a local shepherd drove a herd of livestock to a regular pasture. As usual, the shepherd had his assistant - a young (almost a child) shepherd. This kid became the main culprit in the discovery of the most ancient cache. The boy, apparently, looked badly under his feet, and therefore tripped over some solid object and fell into some deep hole. It turned out that the shepherd had stumbled in an open field on an ancient golden jug, and then fell into a kind of deep grave strewn with silver and gold coins, jewelry, expensive gilded dishes, and ancient royal cold weapons. Naturally, the newspapers immediately trumpeted an unusual incident to the whole world. The famous Russian historian and scientist A. A. Bobrinsky, who initiated the excavation.
After long excavations and research carried out right at the place of discovery of the valuable treasure, experts came to the conclusion that this burial does not belong to anyone, but to Khan Kubrat himself, the founder of Great Bulgaria. True, other historians believed that the burial did not even belong to Khan Kubrat, but to his father, Khan Asparukh (644-700 AD) - the leader of the Proto-Bulgarians, who led the invasion of the Balkans in 681, and the ruler of the first Bulgarian kingdom. Apparently, all these treasures, which Mr. Bobrinsky recovered from the burial place of the Bulgarian Khan, belonged to the founder of Bulgaria. Soon, all the discovered historical values were sent to the Hermitage of St. Petersburg, where you can admire them today.
The Pereshchepinsky treasure includes many priceless gold and silver jewelry, ancient coins, ancient dishes, ancient weapons and other valuables. In the grave they found 19 silver cups, plates and jugs, 16 cups made of pure gold, which have no price. Several ancient Greek amphorae and the remains of porcelain were also found there. The most valuable ancient edged weapons with gilding and silver trimming were also found in the cache. The total weight of gold from the Pereshchepinsky hoard was 25 kg, and silver and even 50 kg.
Apparently, the treasure was made during the mass migration of Europeans - from the 2nd to the 11th centuries of the first and second millennia, when there was a massive migration of Germanic and Slavic tribes across the continent. Among the mass of gold and silver, one should especially highlight the jewelry of the Byzantine, Old Bulgarian, Persian and Avar masters of antiquity.