3895) "National Archeological Discoveries", Slovakia: Slovenská pošta (literally "Slovak Post") has issued a EUROPA stamp of 2.40 Euro featuring Celtic-Roman Finds in an erstwhile Roman civilisation: Date/Year of Stamp issue: 30.04.2025:
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About EUROPA - Celtic Findings at Bratislava Castle, Slovakia: Slovenská pošta (literally "Slovak Post") has issued this EUROPA Stamp:
In the Late La Tène Age, in the 1st century BC, the acropolis of the Celtic oppidum was located on Bratislava Castle hill.
Between 2008 and 2014, archaeological research brought the discovery of rare Celtic-Roman architecture built for Celtic nobility.
A pavement of a late-Republican type, a so-called "opus signinum" with a floral carpet motif, was discovered directly beneath the courtyard of the palace.
Similar types of pavements from this period have only previously been found around the Mediterranean.
A total of seven Celtic-Roman buildings were found on the northern terrace of the Castle and under the 18th-century Winter Riding Hall. Today, three of these buildings and the opus signinum pavement are preserved and presented in situ.
Roman Building I which, by a miracle, escaped construction activity that took place in the Castle in the 15th century, is located under the Winter Riding Hall.
In 2009, a precious find was made: 22 Celtic gold staters and silver coins with the inscriptions Biatec and Nonnos were found on the pavement of the building.
For the first time, a golden coin with the inscription "NONNOS" was found. The treasure had been lying in a glass Hellenistic jar the shards of which laid among the coins.
Near the coins, there was also a Roman bronze sealing box of the Alesia type which was used to secure transport of writing documents.
These original finds may be seen in the exhibition: Celts from Bratislava, at Bratislava Castle and copies can be seen in “The BIATEC: Celtic Mint exhibition” at the Bratislava City Gallery at 19 Panská Street.
The best preserved of the seven buildings is Roman Building II, probably the house of a merchant of rare goods.
In addition to Celtic pottery and small metal decorative objects, imported goods were also found here: Roman wine and oil amphorae, a 12kg brass ingot, a bronze bell, glass, gold foils, Baltic amber, coins and many others.
Wine and olive oil were imported in amphorae directly from Italy and the Mediterranean.
By the western bastion of the Castle, a massive rectangular building, Roman Building VII was discovered, with 17m-long walls and two massive pillars. It might have been used as a warehouse for precious goods. Its preserved remains can be seen in the foyer in front of the Winter Riding Hall.
These finding tell us that the Celtic social elite was Romanised as early as the 1st century BC.
It puts the territory of Bratislava and its wide hinterland at the centre of interest of the Roman Empire in the period when the Limes Romanus borders on the Danube did not yet exist.
Finds of gold and silver coins, wine amphorae, amber and other objects testify to the luxurious lifestyle on the Celtic Acropolis.
The stone architecture discovered at Bratislava Castle was built by Roman builders, probably between 50 to 40 and 30 to 20 BC. They did not exist for very long. The final destruction of the Celtic oppidum might have been a consequence of the invasion of Germans from the north, sometime around the turn of the century.
The Stamps:
The EUROPA stamp of 2.40 Euro
Technical details:
Issue Date: 30.04.2025
Designer: Peter Nosáľ
Printer: Tiskárna Hradištko, s.r.o.
Process: Offset
Size: 44,1 x 26,5 mm
Values: €2.40
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