The Głębok excavation is one of the most important finds of medieval Polish coins.
It was colorfully described in 1883 by Stronczynski, who called the excavation "Głębokienski." To quote:
"He plowed ... October 3, 1872 in the village of Głębokie in the Grand Duchy of Poznan.... A clay pot, hit with a plowshare, broke into pieces, and the thin tin-shaped froth scattered from it over the field, was carried far away from the place of plowing by the strong wind of that time. The finder, having spotted the silver in them, began to hurriedly collect what he could in his pocket, thus crumbling into small pieces whatever came into his hands....
The owner of the land... only over the evening learned of the plowing of this treasure, and immediately about 1,600 pieces, coming from it, redeemed the money....
In 10 days later X. Canon Polkowski came to Głębokie, and he was only sincerely interested in the whole excavation. Canon Polkowski, and the canon only sincerely took care of the whole excavation, recognized the place where it was found, buried it himself ... in a word, he fulfilled everything that only a zealous numismatist and expert in a similar situation is obliged to do, and gave me a very detailed information about the state of affairs.... referring ... to the more detailed description which X. Polkowski announced and which went off the press in Gniezno in 1876...".
Dry seal of W. Chominski.
- edition 1876, Gniezno
- pages 80 + 7 plates
- format:
- binding: paper with stained linen
Very good condition.
