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The Słuszków Hoard () is a treasure
hoard A hoard or "wealth deposit" is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache. This would usually be with the intention of ...
that was found in the village of Słuszków, located in the historical area known as
Kalisz Land Kalisz Region () is a historical and ethnographical region in central Poland, located mainly in the Greater Poland Lakes Area and South Greater Poland Plain. It forms the eastern part of the historic region of Greater Poland. Kalisz Region encompa ...
and presently situated in the
Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...
. The treasure was buried around the year 1100 and was uncovered in 1935. Since 1958, it has been a part of the collection of the Kalisz Land Regional Museum. The hoard includes the largest collection of medieval silver coins in Poland, as well as the largest collection in the world of the so-called "cross denarii" or "cross pennies" (known in German as ''Radenpfennig''). The hoard contains 13,061 items. Among them are 12,500 cross denarii, early medieval silver ornaments, Polish and foreign coins, and silver scrap, as well as a rare collection of denarii minted by Palatine
Sieciech Sieciech (mid 11th century AD – early 12th century AD) was a medieval Polish magnate and statesman. Biography All information about Sieciech has come down from the chronicler Gallus Anonymus. He was a count palatine at the court of duke W ...
.Kędzierski A., Polskie denary krzyżowe w skarbie ze Słuszkowa, Wiadomości Numizmatyczne, XLII, 1998, z 1–2, pp. 30. In November, 2020, another hoard of 6500 cross denarii and 4 golden rings was found at nearly the same spot as the first hoard.


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