Stock of ancient silver coins found near Mezdra of Bulgaria

A treasure trove of 187 Roman silver coins was discovered during excavations in Mezdra town, northwestern West Bank. Experts say it has great cultural-historical value.

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The treasure of ancient coins is in a clay pot and is found under the roots of an ancient tree. Historians identify coins that may be in the denarii period of the Roman emperor and the antonianian period, cast in a period of two hundred years. The coin depicts the face of the emperor and his wife who lived from the first half of the first century to the middle of the third century.

However, archaeologists believe that the most important thing now in the Museum in the city of Vratsa may be only a small part of the real treasure ever discovered. This confirms once again that in Mezdra today is a wealthy central town with thousands of years of history.

Georgi Ganetsovski, Director of the History Museum in Vratsa explained that only one fifth or one-sixth of the actual currency went to the museum and the entire treasure included at least 1,000 coins. He called on those who seemed to have appropriated a portion of the coin store that had been scattered all over the place to return because the coins should return to the Museum.

A police investigation is underway for the tracing of the missing treasure of the remaining treasure. There will also be excavations in this area to explore other values ​​of ancient Roman times in the town.