UN TEZAUR MONETAR DIN PRIMA JUMĂTATE A SECOLULUI AL XVII-LEA DESCOPERIT LA GROȘI (JUD. BIHOR)
A coin hoard from the first half of 17th century found at Groși (Bihor county)

Summary/Abstract: This article presents and briefly discusses the coin hoard found by chance in a yard of a household from the village of Groși (Bihor County), on October 17, 2018. The hoard consists of 487 silver coins: Hungarian breiter groschen (the grosz with the value of five denarii) and denarii minted by Matthias II and Ferdinand II, Transylvanian breiter groschen and polturas (1 ½ grosz) issued by Gabriel Bethlen and George Rákóczi I, Polishsix grosz and three grosz coins and polturas issued by Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish polturas issued by Gustav Adolf and Queen Christina, as well as Prussian polturas issued by Johann Sigismund and Georg Wilhelm. The post-quem term of the hoard is given by a Transylvanian poltura minted in 1638. Compared to the group of coin hoards ascribed to the time interval between 1629/1630 and 1668, the Groşi hoard has the specific structure of circulation hoards, characterized by the preponderance of Polish, Swedish and Prussian polturas, to which are added Hungarian and Transylvanian breiter groschen, the distribution by workshops and years of issue being determined by the volume of the production

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