Today's meander was triggered by news from the University of Michigan, August 2:
U-M team finds ancient Persian gold coins in western Turkey
A team of researchers led by a University of Michigan archaeologist has uncovered a hoard of gold coins, likely used to pay mercenary troops, buried in a small pot in the ancient Greek city of Notion in western Turkey.
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Looking pretty good for late fifth century B.C., what else ya got?
Well, from Mental Floss, January 27, 2022:
Metal detectorists have uncovered some of history’s most exciting hoards: caches of coins, jewels, and precious metals that were sometimes hidden in the ground in times of trouble. The people who buried their treasures usually expected to go back later and retrieve them, but the hoards featured here were never picked up by their owners. As a result, many hundreds of years later, metal detectorists and archaeologists experienced the excitement of unearthing these ancient treasures. Here's what they found in 11 of the most dazzling hoards ever discovered.....
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The piece above is part of the 4th century B.C. Panagyurishte Treasure found in Bulgaria in 1949:
From Archeology in Bulgaria and Beyond:
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