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Money left at a shrine, well or grave.
Also known as: Votive coin, Wishing well coin
Coins left at wells, shrines and graves are documented from the Roman period to the present across Europe and Asia. Archaeologists treat coin deposits at water sites as one of the clearest signatures of ritual rather than accidental loss, because the pattern of denominations differs from ordinary circulation.
Deposits money at a shrine, well, spring or grave as an offering or a request.
Contexts: Religion
Is distinguished archaeologically from accidental loss by the pattern of denominations and their condition, which differs from ordinary circulation finds.
Contexts: Religion
Coins scattered in the bed of a well or spring, or pressed into the bark of a tree or the earth of a grave.