The treasure from Panagyurishte, Plovdiv District, is discovered on 8th December 1949 in the yard of a ceramics factory. It consists of 9 vessels of pure gold with a total weight of 6 165,45 grams and is part of a set. Four of the vessels are rhytons, three are rhytonized jugs, one is rhytonised amphora with two openings and one is a big shallow phial.
The three rhytonized jugs are modeled in the shapes of women's heads, three rhytons have the shape of animals, and one vessel is a rhyton with a long horn and a protome of a goat. The rhytonized Thracian vessels have Iranian prototypes while for Europe they can be taken as Thracian patent.
The phial with the Pygmy heads from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 3,5 cm high, 25 cm in diameter and with a weight of 844,7 grams. It dates back to the years 280-279 B. C. This is the most impressive wine vessel among the objects of the treasure. The pygmy heads are symbols of potency. They are in negative and are supplemented by floral ornaments - nine palm leaves, helixes, buds etc. In general the phial is in disharmony with the rest of the vessels from the set.
The rhyton with a protome of a goat from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 14 cm high and weighs 439,05 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C. The rhyton is without a handle and ends up with a protome of a goat. From the inscriptions in an Ionian dialect is understood that the depicted scene represents the divinities Hera, Apollonius, Arthemida and Nike. No such scene is known in the Green mythology, which means that it is depicting a Thracian setting at the base of which stand the Dionysius rituals. The goat is the embodiment of the god and can be seen on other Thracian vessels.
The rhyonised jug from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 21,5 cm high and weighs 466,75 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C. The vessel has a smooth neck, separated from the spherical body with pearls and ovals. The four-fanged handle ends up at the top with a sphinx. The woman has a gorgeous hairstyle, divided in two parts. The woman is wearing a necklace with a locket with the head of a lion. The liquid spout is mounted in the mouth of the lion. The woman symbolizes the Geat Goddess.
The rhytonised jug from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 20,5 cm high and weighs 387,30 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C. The jug is modeled in the shape of the head of an Amazonian woman. On the smooth neck of the vessel there is a necklace with a locket with a lion's head. The liquid spout is mounted in the mouth of the lion. The Amazonian girl for the Thracians stands for the Thracian goddess. Her face is well-defined, her hair is unruly and curly. The shield is of a floral element. The four-fanged channeled handle ends up with a winged sphinx.
The rhyton from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 13 cm high and weighs 689 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C. On the neck of the rhyton are represented two heroic scenes. Theseus taking by surprise the Marathonian Bull and the other depicting Heracles who has captured the Cerynean Hind.
The rhyton from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 12,5 cm high and weighs 505,5 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C.
It is modeled in the shape of a head of a young ram, which can be told by the budding horns. The liquid spout is mounted at its lower lip. The handle is in the shape of a lion. On the neck there is a scene of Dionysius on a throne with a scepter in his right hand. A woman is sitting besides him for whom is the inscription of Eriope. Eriope is half turned to the left hugging Dionysius. Maenads are dancing around them in a passionate dance.
The rhyton from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 13,5 cm high and weighs 674,6 grams. It dates back to the last quarter of IV c. B.C.
It is formed as a protome of a stag of a fallow deer. At its forehead there is a rosette with a spinning sun discus. The liquid spout is mounted at the lower lip of the animal. On the neck are depicted four figures - one upright and three sitting. These are Paris - Alexander and the goddesses Hera, Athens and Aphrodite. The scene illustrates the "Court of Paris" from the mythological cycle of the Trojan War, popular in the Thracian aristocratic strata.
The rhytonised amphora from the Panagyurishte gold treasure is 20,5 cm high and weighs 387,3 grams. It dates back to the years 280-279 B.C.
The rhytonised amphora has two liquid spouts and has a similar parallel in Scitia where there is found a similar vessel but having three spouts. There is no sure interpretation of the scenes and most probably they depict a Thracian burial ritual.