EXPLORATIONS IN ABRITUS (Galena Radoslavova – galena_rz@abv.bg, Georgi Dzanev) Rooms Nos. 2 and 4 were explored in Building VIII. The exploration of rooms Nos. 17 and 18 began. The building measures 23.25 m by 47.50 m. A sunken-floored house of the second half of the 10th century was explored over the southern part of the building. The house was built of uneven stones bonded with mud and measures 5.63 m by 3 m. A floor plaster of a house of the first half of the 11th century was discovered over room No. 18. Fragmentary pots of the second half of the 10th – first half of the 11th centuries were found. The foundations of the Late Antique rooms were built of uneven stones bonded with mortar, the roof was covered with tegulae and imbrices, the walls were constructed of mud bricks and the floors were of trampled clay. Room No. 2 measures 6 m by 6.70 m and has two entrances. Bronze coins of the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD were found. Room No. 4 measures 5.80 m by 6.15 m and has an entrance towards room No. 2. Bronze coins of the second half of the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD were found. Four column bases were discovered at the southern and the western side of room No. 17. Coins of the second half of the 4th – beginning of the 5th centuries AD and a coin of Emperor Justin II were found in it. Room No. 18 measures 8.75 m by 6.75 m. Three hoards of totally 93 bronze coins of the second half of the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD and two coins minted by Emperors Justin II and Sophia were found in it. The Late Antique building had two construction periods: beginning of the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD and second half of the 5th – end of the 6th centuries AD. The building was demolished at the end of the 6th century AD during the general demolition of Abritus.