Note on the Stizhok hoard (Ukraine). Coins with Asprokastron countermarks and Wallachian ducats

In the summer of 2011, the first author of this article obtained twenty four silver coins at an European auction. Most of these silver coins were with 15th century countermarks. During the following cataloguing of the newly arrived collection, it became clear that the coins came from one place, almost certainly a hoard. A dialogue with the dealers at the auction house led to a treasure hunter, who had discovered a clay pot in Western Ukraine in spring 2011, using a metal detector. This severely cracked pot contained the coins that later were purchased at the auction.