Notae Numismaticae - Zapiski Numizmatyczne (14.2019)

Tom XIV

Kraków 2019

XOTAE NUMISMATICAE
ZAPISKI NUMIZMATYCZNE

KRZYSZTOF TUNIA
Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow
MATEUSZ WOŹNIAK
The National Museum in Krakow
Coins from an Early-Medieval Burial Ground
in Stręgoborzyce, Krakow District
ABSTRACT: An early medieval burial ground was accidentally discovered
in Stręgoborzyce in 2010. During the excavations that were conducted between
2010 and 2017, the whole burial ground was examined, resulting in the discovery
of about 180 burials. In all, 27 coins were discovered, one each in 27 different
burials. The most recent coin in the assemblage is a Silesian penny of the duke
of Racibórz, Mieszko I Tanglefoot (11782-1202), struck in the 1170s. A 10th- or
1 lth-century coin from a demolished grave was also uncovered in the burial ground,
as were four modern coins with no connection to it. The largest group of coins
found at the burial ground in Stręgoborzyce consists of Polish issues (12 coins);
the remaining coins were struck in mints in Germany, Bohemia, and Moravia.
The burial ground in Stręgoborzyce is unusual - and this is something that needs
to be emphasized strongly - not only because of the fact that it has a large group
of Polish coins, but also because they make up such a large number in relation to
the remaining coins.
KEYWORDS: Early-Medieval burial ground, obol of the dead, Lesser Poland
ABSTRAKT: Monety z cmentarzyska wczesnośredniowiecznego w Stręgo-
borzycach, pow. Kraków
Cmentarzysko wczesnośredniowieczne w Stręgoborzycach zostało odkryte
przypadkowo w 2010 r. W trakcie przeprowadzonych w latach 2010-2017 prac wy-
kopaliskowych zbadano całość cmentarzyska, odkrywając około 180 pochówków.
W 27 z nich znaleziono 27 monet wczesnośredniowiecznych. Najmłodszą monetą