SĂLAŞURI

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Location

City

Sălașuri

County

Mureș

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

46.374 / 24.774 / 356.56 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

At the spot called Tanorok.

Information

2601

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Hoard name

SĂLAŞURI

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1959

(to)

Jul 1961

Total number of coins

3200

Summary

3200 silver coins found with bronze cauldron: 3197 denarii, 3 drachmas Lycia: Republic - Antoninus Pius (AD 158-161) . 10.8 kg

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

-15-40cm
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Museum ”Dr. Molnár István”, Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1965)
Finder(s)

Lajos Simo (21 coins), Molnar, I.
Comment

Data given by W. E. Metcalf. He has recorded at the level of the coin 2,651 coins. However, the hoard comprised a total of 3,200 coins.
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

158
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-32
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1961
Date of excavation (to)

1961
Natural features

River terrace
Site comment

Trench 2, 4x0.80m, 16 coins Trench 3, perpendicular on trenches 1 and 2, 5x0.80m; -15-20cm (120 coins). Quadrant opened on trench 3, -15-40cm (rest of coins). Strong Dacian habitation in the area.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze bucket

No traces of a building around.. Dbottom = 13cm; H=13cm

References

Reference

Molnár, I. and Winkler, I. - 1965 - Tezaurul de monete romane de la Sălaşuri

Ref

269-294

Comment

also see CH 3, 149

Reference

Chiţescu, Maria - 1981 - Numismatic aspects of the history of the Dacian State : the Roman republican coinage in Dacia and Geto-Dacian coins of Roman type

Ref

267-268

Comment

no. 178

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers de Trajan à Balbin en Roumanie

Ref

42-68; no. 43

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_SĂLAȘURI

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016, Dec. 2019). Coin-level data (Trajan - Antoninus Pius) provided by M. Ball (Jan. 22).

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Bronze bucket

No traces of a building around.. Dbottom = 13cm; H=13cm

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Bronze bucket

No traces of a building around.. Dbottom = 13cm; H=13cm

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