1 published discovery from Slovakia — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Slovakia, a famous historical find. It is filed under coins. It is the Charlemagne coin, Bratislava, struck about 771 to 794.
The law: In Slovakia, 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 2017 archaeologists digging ahead of a motorway at Podunajské Biskupice in Bratislava, Slovakia, found an 8th-century Avar cemetery of more than 460 graves. On one woman's chest lay a pierced silver penny of Charlemagne, struck between 771 and 794.
