STELLATA

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Location

City

Stellata

County

Ferara

Region

Emilia-Romagna

Country

Italy

Lat/Long/Alt

44.9487 / 11.4223 / 8.25 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Property of Torri.

Information

3446

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Hoard name

STELLATA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1904

Total number of coins

1800

Summary

Around 2,500 silver coins found with a ceramic vessel. 1,800 coins were recovered: Vespasian - Gordian III (AD 238-244); silver weight: 859.1-1804.1g.

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Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

0.20-0.25
Land Use

Built over
Comment

Levelling the ground.
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

238
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The vase lay buried next to the foundations of an Roman building.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

References

Reference

Rizzoli, L. J. - 1912 - Tesoretto monetale rinvenuto a Stellata (Ferrara)

Ref

517-544

Comment

All coin-level references are given according to Cohen 1st edition (1859-68).

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

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

Ref

no. 536

Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2019). Coin-Level data from Vespasian to Commodus entered by M. Ball (July 2021).

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STELLATA

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

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STELLATA

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

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