Folia archeologica 23.

Biróné Sey Katalin: Két kelta éremlelet a Nemzeti Múzeumban

TWO CELTIC COIN HOARDS IN THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM In autumn 1969, a Celtic silver coin hoard, along with sherds of a gray clay vessel, was ploughed up by the subsoiler in Egyházasdengeleg, County Nógrád (Nos. 1-63). 6 j pieces of the find came into the possession of the Hungarian National Museum, while 20 pieces were lost. In the environment of the site there were many Celtic pot sherds which fact points to the existence of a settlement in this place. The items of the find are of the type Dess. 380, 779-798 and their variations. Coin hoards and stray finds of similar types come to light mainly in the counties Nógrád and Heves. (See map). The Györk (to-day Vámosgyörk) coin find, consisting of 22 coins, which came to the National Museum at the end of the nineteenth century, embraces the above types as well (Nos. 64-86). On our tabulation we give the determinant and weight data of coins of this type, those with find places and some ones whose find circumstances are unknown. Comparing these data we can draw the conclusion that above three variations always occur together in the finds and those with the legend Audoleontos are always lesser in number as their fakes. The Audoleontos coins always have counterstamps, which were presumably added for validating this mint. The Egyházasdengeleg find contains items made with an identical die (Nos. 3-7, 1

4-1 j, 21-24, 34-36, j2, j 4, //, //, гз and jó ; J9-60). The two finds are connected not only by the identical types occurring in them but by the items minted by a common die (Nos. 11, 12, 74, 77; 43 — 46, 72). We have to remark here that the Vác find contains coins made with the same dies as some of the above mentioned finds. The weights of the copies made with identical dies may differ with as much as 0,5 grams. Based on a relative chronology we may date the coins of the Egyházasdengeleg and Györk finds to the last decades of the second century B. C.