ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN DEULTUM (Lyudmil Vagalinski – lvagalin@techno-link.com, Ivo Cholakov) Second eastern gate of the Early Byzantine Deultum was explored on Site I. It is situated to the south of the first gate explored during the 1980s. The gate is flanked by two rectangular towers and was built between AD 457 and 498. The strata include: a fire of the second half of the 5th century AD; a fire after AD 457; destruction after AD 425; a fire between AD 351 and 355; a stratum with burned debris with terminus post quem AD 218. All strata are related to constructions (buildings and drains). A bronze coin minted by Nikephoros I and Staurakios was found at the gate. It shows some activity during the Early Middle Ages and presumably was related to the capturing of Deultum by the Bulgarian Khan Krum in AD 812. The relatively precise chronology of the site is based on 167 stratified bronze coins. For the first time, coins minted by Emperors Marcian and Leo I were found. A bronze figurine of horse dated to the beginning of the 5th century AD is among the interesting finds. The southeastern corner of a Roman building was explored on Site VI. It was built of roughly cut stones bonded with mortar. The foundation is 60 cm in depth and the wall is preserved up to 50 cm in height. The building was burned after AD 351. It lies over two consecutive layers with traces of fire of the Roman period. Their chronology is in the process of clarification. Four stratified coins originate from Site VI. Two bronze coins, the first one presumably minted by Philip of Macedon and the second minted by Maroneia in the 2nd – 1st century BC, were found in the burned debris of the building. The stratigraphy of the site cannot explain their appearance in a Late Roman stratum.