This is a list of hoards in Romania which comprises the significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, metal objects, scrap metal and other valuable items that have been discovered in the territory of present-day Romania.
| Hoard | Image | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current Location | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perșinari Treasure | 17th century BC | Perșinari, Dâmbovița | 1954; 1962 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 13 Mycenaean gold (electrum) short swords/daggers (total weight 3.5 kg); silver axes[1] | |
| Galeșu Treasure | 1400–1200 BC | Galeșu, Constanța | 1951 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 2 gold diadems | |
| Hinova Treasure | 12th century BC | Hinova, Mehedinți | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | gold bracelets, various fragments | ||
| Hoard | Image | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current Location | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucuteni Treasure | 5th century BC | Cucuteni, Iași | 1959 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | gold helmet, 70 pieces of gold weighing 2.063 kg | |
| Agighiol Treasure | 5th century | Agighiol, Tulcea | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | a silver helmet (743 grams), 2 silver greaves (902 and 744 grams), 2 silver bowls, 5 silver phiales, 9 silver appliqués, 3 silver appliqués, 1 necklace[2] | ||
| Helmet of Peretu | 5th century BC | Peretu, Teleorman | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | silver helmet (759 grams),[3] other silver artifacts | ||
| Stâncești Treasure | 5th century BC | Stâncești, Botoșani | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | gold Scythian-inspired mythological being (47.8 cm x 9.7 cm, 100 grams) | ||
| Helmet of Coţofeneşti | 4th century BC | Coţofeneşti, Prahova | 1929 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | gold helmet (746 grams),[4] silver beakers | |
| Helmet of Iron Gates or the Detroit Helmet | 4th century BC | Iron Gates, Mehedinți | Detroit Institute of Arts, United States | gold helmet, silver beakers | ||
| Craiova Treasure | 4th century BC | unknown | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | silver appliqués, buttons; thought to be connected with the Detroit Helmet and the rhyton at the Metropolitan Museum[5] | ||
| Rhyton of Poroina | 3rd century BC | Poroina Mare, Mehedinți | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | silver rhyton, partially gilded (278 grams)[6] | ||
| Bunești-Averești Treasure | 3rd century BC | Bunești-Averești, Vaslui | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | |||
| Herăstrău Hoard | 1st century BC | Herăstrău, Bucharest | 1938[7] | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | silver coins, silver spiral bracelets, silver bowl | |
| Surcea Hoard | 1st century BC | Surcea, Covasna | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 2 phalerae | ||
| Rociu Hoard | Rociu, Argeș | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | Silver bracelet | |||
| Vârteju Hoard | Vârteju, Ilfov | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 299 silver coins[8] | |||
| Sâncrăieni Treasure | 1st century BC – 1st century AD | Sâncrăieni, Harghita | 1953[9] | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 13 silver drinking cups, 2 conical vases, 2 silver bracelets, 1 fibula | |
| Dacian bracelets | 1st century BC – 1st century AD | Sarmizegetusa Regia, Hunedoara | c.2000 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | 24 gold bracelets, of which 12 have been recovered by the National Museum | |
| Coada Malului Treasure | 100-50 BC | Coada Malului, Prahova | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | fibulae, bracelets | ||
| Lupu Hoard | 1st century AD | Lupu, Alba | 1978 | National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia | a bronze pot containing 2 silver fibulae, 7 silver phalerae, 1 semispherical cup, a Roman bronze mug[10] | |
| Hoard | Image | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current Location | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cislău Hoard | 2nd century | Bărăști, Buzău | 1987 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Hungarian National Museum, Budapest | 244 silver denarii[11] | |
| Treasure of Șimleu Silvaniei | 300-400 AD | Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj | 1797, 1889 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Hungarian National Museum, Budapest | 1st: 17 gold medallions, a gold chain with 52 pendant amulets, 24 gold foil rings, a disk-shaped pendant, a ring, the fragment of a bracelet, and a pendant in the shape of a human figure. 2nd: an onyx fibula, ten pairs of fibulae decorated with gold and jewels, a swearing-in ring and three gold bowls.[12] | |
| Hoard | Image | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current Location | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pietroasele Treasure | 250-400 AD | Pietroasele, Buzău | 1837 | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | a large gold eagle-headed fibula and three smaller ones, a patera, a twelve-sided cup, a ring, a large tray, two other necklaces and a pitcher | |
| Apahida hoard | 4th century AD | Apahida, Cluj | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | a silver pitcher, diademas, fibulae, bracelets | ||
| Hoard | Image | Date | Place of discovery | Year of discovery | Current Location | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotopănești Hoard | 6th century | Rotopănești, Suceava | a Hunnic gold pendant (16.8 grams) with ruby-coloured almandines[13] | |||
| Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós | 500-900 AD | Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș | 1799 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna | 23 gold objects totaling 9.945 kg | |
| Coșoveni hoard | 5th-6th century AD | Coșoveni, Dolj | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | |||
| Dinogetia hoard | 11th century AD | Dinogetia, Galați | National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest | Byzantine crucifix, coins | ||
| Târgoviște hoard | 15th century | Târgoviște, Dâmbovița | 6284 silver coins[14] | |||
| Dolj hoard | 16th century | Dolj | 2013 | Muzeului Olteniei, Craiova | 1471 silver coins[15] | |
| Șopteriu hoard | 17th century | Șopteriu, Bistrița-Năsăud | 1987 | Muzeul Județean Bistrița-Năsăud, Bistrița | 3 kg of silver coins, objects of gilded silver, jewelry, a silver scabbard[16] | |
| Râșnov hoard | 17th century | Râșnov, Brașov | 2001 | 416 silver coins[17] | ||