ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PRESLAV (Angel Konakliev – angeltg@abv.bg, Stela Doncheva) The explorations were concentrated in the northwestern part of the Patriarchate. A stratum of the 13th – 14th centuries was explored. A pavement of slabs and two places for stirring mortar were documented and two water-conduits were discovered. A hoard of silver coins was found, including two Venetian grossi of Lorenzo Tiepolo and Pietro Gradenigo, five Serbian grossi of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (1282 – 1321), 38 imitations of Venetian grossi of Giovanni Dandolo, five imitations of Serbian grossi of King Stefan Dragutin (1276 – 1316), eight imitations of Serbian grossi of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and one imitation of a Bulgarian grosso of King Michael II Asen (1246 – 1256). A gold Byzantine hyperpyron of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Michael IX Palaiologos, probably related to the coin hoard, was found nearby. The finds from the excavations include anonymous Byzantine folles, coins of the 13th – 14th centuries, a silver Groschen of Sigismund III Vasa, a lead seal of Bulgarian King Peter I (AD 927 – 969) with Queen Maria (Eirene) Lekapene, three halves of lead seals, two lead discs for striking seals, an iron cross, a bronze cross-encolpion, a buckle, a zoomorphic appliqué in the shape of a bird and fragments of architectural decoration.