Naslov
O nalazu novca iz groba 74 u parku Grič na zagrebačkom Gornjem gradu
(Coins found in Grave No. 74 in Grič Park in the Zagreb Upper Town)

Autori
Mašić, Boris ; Pantlik, Buga

Izvornik
Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu (0350-7165) 41 (2008); 331-342

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Zagreb; Gornji grad; Gradec; kasni srednji i novi vijek; groblje; novac
(Zagreb; Upper Town; Gradec; Late Middle Age; Modern Age; Cemetery; coins)

Sažetak
When boreholes were made during the archaeological research of Grič Park in the Zagreb Upper Town, which the Zagreb City Museum has been carrying out since 2003, intact prehistoric layers were found, the medieval fortification and a residential structure annexed to it were defined, and a graveyard was discovered in which people were buried from 1473 to about 1620. This was one of the most difficult periods in Zagreb’s history when danger from the Ottoman Turks led to the desertion and impoverishment of the town. The research discovered 101 graves among which Grave 74 stands out in importance (Figs. 1, 2). It was dug shallowly into the natural ground and contained the skeleton of a man of about 30 to 45. On the left side of his chest, under the fingers of his right hand (Fig. 3), a collection of coins was found consisting of: gold florins (4), escalins (3), grossi (3), one half taler and grossi (3). The gold coins and the escalins are much worn indicating that they were in use for a long time. The oldest among them are the gold coin of the city of Metz (T:I/2), minted in the first half of the fifteenth century, and the gold coin of Elector Ludwig III Count Palatine (T:I/1), minted in Heidelberg in about 1422. The newest are the half taler of the Saxon Elector August I (T:I/14), minted in Dresden in 1584, and the grossus of Archduke Ferdinand, minted in the Alsacian mint in Ensisheim between 1584 and 1595 (T:I/10). Considering that the remains of fabric were found on the obverse of the Archduke Ferdinand grossus (T:I/8), the coins had probably been placed in a canvas bag or sewn into the clothes and inadvertently placed in the grave with the deceased. An examination of similar cases from Croatia where considerable numbers of coins were found in graves together with the deceased showed that they were not placed there in connection with funeral rites, and the same is true in the case of the coins in Grave 74. It seems that the man found in Grič Park in the Zagreb Upper Town was buried in about 1600, not long after the Ottoman army was defeated at Petrinja in 1595.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski, engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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