DEULTUM (Lyudmil Vagalinski – lvagalin@techno-link.com) Two stone slabs from the entrance pavement of the Western Early Byzantine gate of Deultum were discovered. The adjacent sector of the western fortification wall located to the north of the gate and the southern wall of the northern gate tower were explored as well. A Late Roman room built of roughly-cut stones bonded with clay and with floor paved with bricks was discovered to the west of the fortification gate. Two hoards of copper coins (164 coins and 32 coins respectively) were found in the room; the latest coins were minted by Leo I the Thracian. One of the hoards contained a bronze exagium as well. The coin hoards showed that the Early Byzantine fortress of Deultum was built after AD 457. A coin of the second half of the 6th century AD was found in the debris of the fortification gate, indicating the time of its latest use before it was destroyed. The finds from the excavations also included two lead imitations of copper coins of the 5th century AD.