The biggest find of it’s kind, amassed by the Triballoi {Triballi} from the 5th. century BC to the middle of the 4th. century BC. discovered in the winter of 1985/86 in northwest Bulgaria, the gorgeous Thracian Treasure from Rogozen is the largest single collection of ancient treasure ever found in Europe.
The 165 pieces of silver in this hoard weigh almost 20 kilograms. The great majority of objects were phialai and jugs, thirty-one of which are gilded, one of the gilded vessels is inscribed “Property of Cersebleptes”. The Rogozen items were found in two groups of 100 and 65, placed five meters apart at only 0.4 meters depth. This immense hoard, includes vessels from specific workshops in Anatolia, Eastern Greece, Southern Thrace {Odryssi}, and Northwestern Thrace. Most of the jugs are native Thracian, with the great majority taken from other Thracian burial mounds or tumuli. Scenes depicted include a remarkable ‘boar hunting’ scene,
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