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Treasure of Gazteluberri

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Treasure of Gazteluberri
Tesoro de Gazteluberri
Set of coins of the mint of Seville
MaterialGold, silver and iron
Period/culture1537-1556
Discovered1960
Segura (Guipúzcoa)
Discovered byJuan Berasategui y Urquía and Eugenio Martín Zazo
Present locationNational Archaeological Museum (Madrid)
Registration233

The Treasure of Gazteluberri is a set of coins, of different materials gold, silver and iron, buried at the end of the 16th century CE or the beginning of the 17th. It contains pieces of Joanna I, Philip II and Charles I stored within a cowbell coming from the mint of Seville.[1] Currently it can be found at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, in Madrid with the inventory number 233.[2]

Discovery

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Its discovery took place in 1960 by Juan Berasategui y Urquía and Eugenio Martín Zazo in the municipality of Segura, Guipúzcoa.[2]

The environment and location of the finding may indicate the Treasure was buried in a moment of instability with the purpose of keeping it safe, therefore its property may have been linked some rancher or smuggler.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Numario Hispánico. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto "Antonio Agustín" de Numismática. 1961. p. 112.
  2. ^ a b c CERES. Museo Arqueológico Nacional (ed.). "Tesoros del Museo Arqueológico Nacional". Retrieved 10 December 2015.