Coins from the Archaeological Research at the Church of St. George in Czechowice / Monety z badań archeologicznych kościoła św. Jerzego w Czechowicach

Paweł Milejski, Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław

ORCID: 0000-0002-4391-9442

Radosław Zdaniewicz, Upper Silesian Archaeological Workshop

ORCID: 0000-0001-5816-1075

Coins from the Archaeological Research at the Church of St. George in Czechowice

Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the coins discovered during the archaeological excavation of the remains of St. George’s Church in Czechowice (today within the city of Gliwice). In total, 107 coins, one Rechenpfennig, one applique and one unidentified seal were discovered over the course of four research seasons. The majority of the discovered coins were Silesian (both ducal and from the period of Habsburg rule), Bohemian and Austrian specimens. There were also Hungarian, Polish and Riga coins from the period of the Swedish occupation. Only one coin has not been identified. The oldest are parvi and hellers from the 14th century – the Bohemian parvus of John the Blind, the Wrocław hellers of Charles IV and the Opava heller of Přemek I. The youngest are German pfennigs, whose metrics date back to the 20th century. The analysed coins were discovered in a specific area St. George’s Church thus creating a cumulative find. As comparative material to the coins discussed in this paper, we will use other sites in contemporary Upper Silesia, Opole and sporadically from Lower Silesia (the market square in Gliwice, the market square in Cieszyn, St. Margaret’s Hill and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Bytom, the Cathedral in Opole, Gromnik Hill and sites in Wrocław).

Key words: Czechowice, wooden church, cumulative find, small coins, medieval and modern times

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.20.a9

Milejski, P. and Zdaniewicz, R. 2025. “Coins from the Archaeological Research at the Church of St. George in Czechowice”, Notae Numismaticae – Zapiski Numizmatyczne 20: 199–247. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.20.a9