BÂRCA 1961

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Location

City

Bârca

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

43.97 / 23.61 / 39.05 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Rural settlement of the 3rd century AD.

Information

2631

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Hoard name

BÂRCA 1961

Alternative names

BÎRCA II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1961

Total number of coins

315

Summary

315 silver coins found with a ceramic vessel: 297 denarii, 18 antoniniani (radiates): Marcus Aurelius - Gordian III (AD 243-244); silver weight: 439.5-814.6 g.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

0.50
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

Muzeul Olteniei, Craiova, Romania
Finder(s)

Tănase, Andrei and Dumitru, Ioniță
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

243
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

161
Opening year (latest)

175
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Rural settlement consisting of some huts and sherds of red wheel-made pottery.
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Wheel-made. Dark grey paste. Pair-shape with flat bottom and outwards bent rim. H: 13.1 cm. Two incised lines on shoulder

References

Reference

Preda, C. - 1968 - Tezaurul monetar de la Bârca (jud. Dolj) şi unele probleme privind atacurile carpilor din anii 242 şi 245 în Dacia romană

Ref

175-196

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

no. 237

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

16-19; no. 5

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_BÎRCA II

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1961

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Wheel-made. Dark grey paste. Pair-shape with flat bottom and outwards bent rim. H: 13.1 cm. Two incised lines on shoulder

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1961

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Wheel-made. Dark grey paste. Pair-shape with flat bottom and outwards bent rim. H: 13.1 cm. Two incised lines on shoulder

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