HLINENÁ FORMA NA ODLIEVANIE FALOŠNÝCH MINCÍ Z PUSTÉHO HRADU VO ZVOLENE

• Authors: Hunka† Ján , Beljak Pažinová Noémi , Beljak Ján

Title variants

EN

Counterfeiting coin mold from the Pustý hrad in Zvolen

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The aim of the article is to draw attention to a sole find of a clay mold for casting counterfeit coins of Emperor Leopold I. The artifact was unexpectedly unearthed at the National Cultural Monument Pustý hrad (Deserted Castle) in Zvolen. In the 2019 research season, during the excavation of the rubble backfill of the flanking tower ditch in the eastern line of the Upper Castles fortification, five fragments from a casting mold were discovered. The item serves as proof of counterfeiting activity, and it is a unique modern find, dated at the end of the 17th Century, not only from Deserted Castle, but in general from the territory of Slovakia, as we do not know a similar artefact from other castles.

Keywords

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SLOVAKIA; PUSTÝ HRAD; COUNTERFEIT COINS

• Publisher: Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovak Republic
• Journal: Studia Historica Nitriensia
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 153 – 165

Contributors

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Hunka† Ján

• Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Katedra archeológie, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

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Beljak Pažinová Noémi

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Beljak Ján

Identifiers

DOI

10.17846/SHN.2021.25.1.153-165