This is a list of hoards in Romania which comprises the significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, metal objects, scrap metal and other valuable items that have been discovered in the territory of present-day Romania.
Neolithic hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Moigrad Treasure 4000–3000 BC Moigrad, Sălaj 1912 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest Anthropomorphic idols, bracelets
Bronze Age hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Perșinari Treasure 17th century BC Perșinari, Dâmbovița 1954; 1962 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 13 Mycenaean gold (electrum) short swords/daggers (total weight 3.5 kg); silver axesBiblioteca Academiei: Tezaurul de la Perșinari Galeșu Treasure 1400–1200 BC Galeșu, Constanța 1951 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 2 gold diadems Hinova Treasure 12th century BC Hinova, Mehedinți National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest gold bracelets, various fragments
Dacian hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Helmet of Cucuteni-Băiceni 5th century BC Cucuteni, Iași 1959 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest gold helmet, 70 pieces of gold weighing 2.063 kg Helmet of Agighiol 5th century Agighiol, Tulcea National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest a silver helmet (743 grams), 2 silver greaves (902 and 744 grams), 2 silver bowls, 5 silver phiales, 9 silver appliqués, 3 silver appliqués, 1 necklace, Oameni și Comori, National Museum of Romanian History Helmet of Peretu 5th century BC Peretu, Teleorman National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest silver helmet (759 grams),Coiful de la Peretu , Oameni și Comori, National Museum of Romanian History other silver artifacts Stâncești Treasure 5th century BC Stâncești, Botoșani National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest gold Scythian-inspired mythological being (47.8 cm x 9.7 cm, 100 grams) Helmet of Coțofenești 4th century BC Coțofenești, Prahova 1929 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest gold helmet (746 grams),Coiful de la Coțofenești , Oameni și Comori, National Museum of Romanian History silver beakers; it was stolen during an exhibition at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands Helmet of Iron Gates or the Detroit Helmet 4th century BC Iron Gates, Mehedinți Detroit Institute of Arts, United States gold helmet, silver beakers Craiova Treasure 4th century BC unknown National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest silver appliqués, buttons; thought to be connected with the Detroit Helmet and the rhyton at the Metropolitan MuseumMihai Gramatopol, Tezaurul de la Craiova, in Studia III Rhyton of Poroina 3rd century BC Poroina Mare, Mehedinți National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest silver rhyton, partially gilded (278 grams)Rhyton , Oameni și Comori, National Museum of Romanian History Bunești-Averești Treasure 3rd century BC Bunești-Averești, Vaslui National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest Herăstrău Hoard 1st century BC Herăstrău, Bucharest 1938Bunuri culturale mobile clasate în Patrimoniul Cultural Național National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest silver coins, silver spiral bracelets, silver bowl Surcea Hoard 1st century BC Surcea, Covasna National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 2 phalerae Rociu Hoard Rociu, Argeș National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest Silver bracelet Vârteju Hoard Vârteju, Ilfov National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 299 silver coinsGeorgescu, p. 44 Sâncrăieni Treasure 1st century BC – 1st century AD Sâncrăieni, Harghita 1953"Tezaurul din obiecte de argint de la Sâncrăieni", Jurnalul, September 18, 2009 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 13 silver drinking cups, 2 conical vases, 2 silver bracelets, 1 fibula Dacian bracelets 1st century BC – 1st century AD Sarmizegetusa Regia, Hunedoara c.2000 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest 24 gold bracelets, of which 12 have been recovered by the National Museum Coada Malului Treasure 100-50 BC Coada Malului, Prahova National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest fibulae, bracelets Lupu Hoard 1st century AD Lupu, Alba 1978 National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia a bronze pot containing 2 silver fibulae, 7 silver phalerae, 1 semispherical cup, a Roman bronze mugDorin Timonea, "Obiecte arheologice, trecute in Tezaur", România liberă, June 12, 2008
Roman hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Cislău Hoard 2nd century Bărăști, Buzău 1987 Kunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaHungarian National Museum, Budapest 244 silver denariiMihai Dima, Eugen-Marius Constantinescu, Tezaurul de la Cislău, cIMeC, 2001, ; p. 5 Treasure of Șimleu Silvaniei 300-400 AD Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj 1797, 1889 Kunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaHungarian National Museum, Budapest 1st: 17 gold medallions, a gold chain with 52 pendant amulets, 24 gold foil rings, a disk-shaped pendant, a ring, the fragment of a bracelet, and a pendant in the shape of a human figure. 2nd: an onyx fibula, ten pairs of fibulae decorated with gold and jewels, a swearing-in ring and three gold bowls.Barbarian Jewellery and Roman Gold, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Gothic hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Pietroasele Treasure 250-400 AD Pietroasele, Buzău 1837 National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest a large gold eagle-headed fibula and three smaller ones, a patera, a twelve-sided cup, a ring, a large tray, two other necklaces and a pitcher Apahida hoard 4th century AD Apahida, Cluj National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest a silver pitcher, diademas, fibulae, bracelets
Medieval hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Rotopănești Hoard 6th century Rotopănești, Suceava a Hunnic gold pendant (16.8 grams) with ruby-coloured almandinesDicționar de istorie veche a României ("Dictionary of ancient Romanian history") (1976) Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, pp. 510 Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós 500-900 AD Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș 1799 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 23 gold objects totaling 9.945 kg Coșoveni hoard 5th-6th century AD Coșoveni, Dolj National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest Dinogetia hoard 11th century AD Dinogetia, Galați National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest Byzantine crucifix, coins Târgoviște hoard 15th century Târgoviște, Dâmbovița 6284 silver coinsLaurenţiu Rădvan, At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities, Brill, 2010, , p.297 Dolj hoard 16th century Dolj 2013 Muzeului Olteniei, Craiova 1471 silver coins"Tezaur de peste 1.400 de monede de argint, descoperit cu un detector de metale in Dolj de catre un amator pasionat de arheologie", Hotnews, January 16, 2013 Șopteriu hoard 17th century Șopteriu, Bistrița-Năsăud 1987 Muzeul Județean Bistrița-Năsăud, Bistrița 3 kg of silver coins, objects of gilded silver, jewelry, a silver scabbard"Tezaurul monetar de la Șopteriu: dezvăluit în toată splendoarea sa, la Muzeul Județean", Bistrițeanul, January 8, 2013 Râșnov hoard 17th century Râșnov, Brașov 2001 416 silver coins, Evenimentul Zilei, July 4, 2001
Modern era hoards
Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Desa hoard c. 1870? Desa, Dolj 2011 Muzeul Olteniei, Craiova 75 gold coins minted between 1848 and 1868"A fost descoperit primul tezaur monetar de aur din Oltenia", Evenimentul Zilei, August 12, 2011
Notes
References Florian Georgescu (coord.), Istoria orașului București, Muzeul de Istorie a Orașului București, 1965
Further reading Liviu Mărghitan, Zece tezaure carpatine, Editura Ion Creangă, București, 1988 Ștefan Burda, Tezaure de aur din România, Editura Meridiane, București, 1979.