SARDIS 1982

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Location

City

Sart

County

Manisa

Region

Aegean

Country

Turkey

Ancient place

Sardis
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38.487701964615 / 28.040774542291 / 0 view

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Centred on field

Information

20046

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Hoard name

SARDIS 1982

Alternative names

Sardes; Sartmahmut; Sart

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

16 Jul 1982

Total number of coins

695

Summary

695 bronze coins, probably, held in a textile bag: Greek - Anastasius/Vandals (AD 496-518).

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Anastasius
Terminal year (earliest)

496
Closing reign (latest)

Anastasius
Terminal year (latest)

518
Opening year (earliest)

-50
Opening year (latest)

-20
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1982
Date of excavation (to)

1983
Site comment

Sector MMS is the low hill whose core is created by remains of Colossal Lydian Structure; it is located south of the Late Roman Synagogue. Sectors MMS-S and MMS-N are adjunct sectors located to the north and south of MMS.
Associated features

'On a fragile plastered floor surface between the line of columns and the wall that forms the south edge of the MMS-S trench rested' the hoard. The hoard was found under the floor-level of a portico on the colonnaded ‘M MS Street’, which ran through a district of moderately prosperous late antique houses. Though the space where it was concealed was ostensibly more public than private, the hoard was buried not far from an entry door. and may have belonged to one of the poorer residents or servants of that particular house.
Site class

Urban

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Portico

Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

'The presence of textile pseudomorphs on some of the coins indicates that the hoard was originally in a fabric purse or sack, which left these microscopic remains behind after it decayed.'

References

Reference

Greenewalt Jr., C.H., Sullivan, D.G., Ratté, Ch. and Howe, Th.N. - 1985 - The Sardis Campaigns of 1981 and 1982

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Reference

Greenewalt Jr. C.H, Rautman, M.L. and Meriç, R. - 1986 - The Sardis Campaign of 1983

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Reference

Burrell, B. - 2007 - A Hoard of Minimi from Sardis and the Currency of the Fifth Century CE

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235-282

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SARDIS 1982

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

'The presence of textile pseudomorphs on some of the coins indicates that the hoard was originally in a fabric purse or sack, which left these microscopic remains behind after it decayed.'

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SARDIS 1982

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Textile bag?

'The presence of textile pseudomorphs on some of the coins indicates that the hoard was originally in a fabric purse or sack, which left these microscopic remains behind after it decayed.'

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