Evidencias de la falsificación monetaria en el tesorillo de Otaza. Análisis y estudio

Abstract

Many years have passed since the publication of the discovery of Otaza, but since then no in-depth study has been addressed. Since the opportunity knocks but once, taking advantage that the Restoration Service of the Diputación Foral de Álava was going to clean in several phases all the pieces of the aforementioned treasure, from 2015 we have been gradually reviewing each of the pieces of the deposit as they are restored. For our amazement the hoarding of Otaza still continues to hide innumerable surprises that we hope to be able to reveal in future articles. Right now we have the pleasure to present four interesting dineros that come to shed some light on a practice less known in the High Middle Ages of Castile as is the practice of falsifying.

Keywords

• little hoard of Otaza
• surface-silvered coins
• counterfeit
• analytics
• scanning electron microscope