The twice-found ongaro of Maccagno Inferiore and the Zagórze Śląskie hoard (tpq 1632)

In 1820, a hoard was found near an old manor house at Zagórze Śląskie (then Prussia, now Poland). The hoard was briefly and not quite correctly reported in a contemporary antiquarian journal, and next totally forgotten. Its concealment resulted most probably from events of the Thirty Years’ War or the plague of 1633. The hoard contained several untypical coins, possibly chosen for their religious message, among others, a unique ongaro of Maccagno Inferiore. This makes us to consider the time, ways and reasons of the contemporary inflow of north-Italian gold coins into the lands of the Bohemian Crown the area of Zagórze belonged to in the 17^th century.