13.92 mm diameter, 1.224 g, 99.9% gold, reeded edge Obverse: ROMANIA, face value 10 LEI, year 2024, coat of arms of Romania, a buckle from the hoard of Apahida	Reverse: two eagle-shape ornamental plates for saddle and inscription TEZAURUL DE LA APAHIDA • ISTORIA AURULUI • meaning APAHIDA HOARD • HISTORY OF GOLD • Issuing date: 16th of December 2024 Maximum mintage: 1,000 coins

About the Apahida Hoard [1]

The treasure was found in 1968 by some workers. Before the authorities found out, they melted down some of the pieces.

110 pieces were recovered, which came from the tomb of a prince, from an iron-locked chest. Most of the objects are made of gold, decorated with almandine. Almandine is a semi-precious stone, a red-brown garnet. The pieces were produced in the Eastern Roman Empire, in the 5th-6th centuries.

The treasure includes 27 heraldic shield-like ornaments, 29 rosettes of various sizes, two votive eagles (the ones represented on the coin), an ornamental plaque, some buckles (two of which are large, one of which is represented on the coin), two ornate iron bit mouthpieces, and a glass vessel.

The eagles are 114 mm high, 58 mm wide, 5 mm thick, and weigh approximately 77.5 g. The large buckle has a ring diameter of 48 mm and a mass of 267 g.

The eagle looking to the left also appeared on the 100 lei coin from 2003 - Apahida Eagle, which is also part of the History of Gold series.

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).