SARMIZEGETUSA 1993

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Location

City

Sarmizegetusa

County

Hunedoara

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Lat/Long/Alt

45.513 / 22.788 / 505.81 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Forum of colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa.

Information

2616

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Hoard name

SARMIZEGETUSA 1993

Alternative names

ULPIA TRAIANA SARMIZEGETUSA V

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

21 Aug 1993

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 21 denarii from Vitellius to Septimius Severus with a tpq of AD 201 to 206. Hobbs estimates a silver weight of 39.6-60.8 g.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified)
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Museum of Sarmizegetusa
Finder(s)

Cristian Găzdac, Cornel Mărcuș
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

201
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

206
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

69
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Date of excavation (from)

1993
Date of excavation (to)

1993
Site comment

Found in the Forum vetus, in an underground chamber; room 13, pit I, context 57
Site class

Urban

Context

Forum

Depositional context

Pit

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Untitled

The coins were stuck together.

References

Reference

Găzdac, C. - 2002 - Monetary circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 306-337)

Ref

475-476

Reference

Găzdac, C., and Cociş, S. - 2004 - Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Ref

42-43, 82-83; pl. i-ii

Reference

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

Ref

281-282; no. 157

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_VLPIA TRAIANA SARMIZEGETVSA II

Hobbs dataset (2014); Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016; Jan. 2020). Coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Dec. 21)

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SARMIZEGETUSA 1993

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Containers belonging to this hoard

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The coins were stuck together.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SARMIZEGETUSA 1993

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Containers belonging to this hoard

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The coins were stuck together.

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