Archaeologists working at the site of a medieval monastery in Veliki Preslav, one of the former capitals of Bulgaria, have found 101 copper coins said to date from the late 12^th to early 13^th centuries CE.

Preslav was the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom from 893 to 972 CE. The site is about 20km from the town of Shoumen in north-easternBulgaria.

The coins bear the images of Byzantine emperors Isaac II Angelos, who reigned from 1185 to 1195, and Alexios III Angelos, whose reign was from 1195 to 1203.

Photo: BNT

They were found in the north-east corner of the monastery building, which dates to the ninth century.

The coins were found over a space of four hours, after the first batch was located by a metal detector.

Professor Kazimir Popkonstantinov said that a find of such a large amount of coins was unprecedented for the Preslav archaeological site.

(Main photo, of the fortress site at Preslav: Izvora)

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