FOTOȘ

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Location

City

Fotoș

County

Covasna

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

45.899086071625 / 25.875929352209 / 609.7 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Terrace on the left bank of the river

Information

16450

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Hoard name

FOTOȘ

Alternative names

Fotosmartonos; Martonos

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1952

Total number of coins

271

Summary

Hoard of 280 denarii found with Dacian ceramic vessel. 271 coins were recovered: Republic – Tiberius (AD 14-37).

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Discovery method

Gardening
Land Use

Garden
Disposition

National Museum of Szekely Land, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania (inv.nos. 14633-14904)
Comment

In the garden, in front of Médel Sámuel’s house, near woods
Closing reign (earliest)

Tiberius
Terminal year (earliest)

14
Closing reign (latest)

Tiberius
Terminal year (latest)

37
Opening year (earliest)

-153
Opening year (latest)

-153
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic pitcher

Dacian manufacture. Ceramic vessel -pitcher. Grey coarse, height: 11.6 cm; bottom diameter: 4 cm

References

Reference

Moisil, Delia and Depeyrot, Georges - 2003 - Les trésors de deniers antérieurs à Trajan en Roumanie

Ref

76-181; no. 178

Reference

Găzdac, C. and Cociș, S. - 2021 - Roman coin hoards and single coin finds from the territory of Covasna County

Ref

39-47; no. 26

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

FOTOȘ

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic pitcher

Dacian manufacture. Ceramic vessel -pitcher. Grey coarse, height: 11.6 cm; bottom diameter: 4 cm

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

FOTOȘ

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic pitcher

Dacian manufacture. Ceramic vessel -pitcher. Grey coarse, height: 11.6 cm; bottom diameter: 4 cm

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire