1 published discovery from Montenegro — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Montenegro, a famous historical find. It is filed under hoards. It is the Risan Ballaios Hoard, coins of about 260-230 BC, buried perhaps 229-228 BC.
The law: In Montenegro, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In June 2010 a University of Warsaw team excavating ancient Rhizon, now Risan in Montenegro, found a pot under a house floor packed with 4,656 bronze coins of the Illyrian king Ballaios. Weighing nearly 15 kg, it may have been hidden as Rome went to war with the Illyrians.
