13.92 mm diameter, 1.224 g, 99.9% gold, reeded edge Obverse: face value "10 LEI", coat of arms of Romania, ROMANIA, year 2008, several bi-pyramidal necklace parts from the Hinova hoard, forming one vertical row and two horizontal rows	Reverse: inscription "TEZAURUL DE LA HINOVA" meaning "HOARD OF HINOVA", several bi-pyramidal necklace parts from the Hinova hoard, forming one vertical row and two horizontal rows, at left four bell-shaped necklace parts, at right a cylindrical open muff Issuing date: 24th of December 2008 Mintage: 500 coins

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About Hinova hoard

The village of Hinova lies in Mehedinţi county, near Danube River, next to the town of Drobeta - Turnu Severin. At Hinova was unearthed in 1980 a hoard of gold objects weighing almost 5 kilograms of precious metal. It comprises a diadem, several bracelets, muffs and rings, hundreds of necklace parts and thousands of very small cone-shaped beads made of gold sheet. Probably the hoard was burried at the end of the 2nd millennium BC. The hoard was discovered during an archaeological campaign that took place in the area of the Roman camp (castrum) from Hinova.

The most impressive piece of the hoard is represented on the coin - a cylindrical open muff having 8.4 centimeters in diameter, 5.2 centimeters long, weighing more than half a kilogram.

The History of gold series comprises:
- a set of four pieces of 500 old lei featuring the golden cache of Pietroasa (2001),
- the following 100 old lei coins with

- the Dacian helmet of Poiana-Coţofeneşti (1999, 2002 and 2003),

- the eagle from Apahida (2003),

- a Cantacuzinian engolpion (2004),
- the following 10 new lei with

- the Perşinari Hoard (2005),

- the Cucuteni-Băiceni hoard (2006),

- the rhyton of Poroina (2007),

- the Hinova hoard (2008),

- the Someşeni hoard (2010),

- the buckle of Curtea de Argeş (2011),

- the cross from Dinogetia (2011),

- the patera from Pietroasa Hoard (2012),

- the Four Gospels of Hurezi Monastery (2013),

- two ancient gold coins struck at Histria (2014),

- the crown of queen Marie (2015),

- the mace of king Ferdinand (2016),

- the crown of queen Elisabeth (2017),

- the 10 ducats 1600 coin with Michael the Brave (2018),

- the 50 lei with year 1922 coin (2019),

- some late Roman gold artifacts discovered at Carsium (2020),

- the polygonal vessels from the Pietroasa hoard (2022),

- the princely diadem of Buneşti-Avereşti (2023),

- the Apahida hoard (2024).