site.btaJanuary 30, 2014: Supreme Court Rejects Private Ownership Claim for Panagyurishte Gold Treasure
On January 30, 2014, the Supreme Administrative Court rejected a private ownership claims over the Panagyurishte gold treasure. The claim was filed by Stefka Angelova, the grand-daughter of the eldest of three brothers who unearthed the treasure in the Merul locality near the town of Panagyurishte in 1948.
The richest of Thracians treasures, the Panagyurishte Gold Treasure was discovered on December 8, 1949 by Pavel, Petko, and Michail Deikov, tile workers from the town of Panagyurishte.
The treasure consists of nine gold vessels with a total weight of 6.100 kg: four rhyta shaped like animal heads, three decanters in the form of a female head, a phial (a shallow dish) and an amphora-rhyton with centaurs-formed handles. The amount of precious metal, originality of shapes and ornamentation, and the exquisite craftsmanship suggest that we are dealing with a truly royal collection. It is believed to have belonged to an unknown Thracian ruler of the Odryssian tribe who reigned at the end of IV c. and the beginning of III c. B. C.
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