ID
5228
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Hoard name
VOLUBILIS 1930
Alternative names
Trésor du bracelet-bourse de Volubilis
Data type
Hoard
Date of discovery (from)
Dec 1930
Total number of coins
105
Summary
A hoard of at least 105, possibly up to 115, denarii found at the end of December 1930, of which only 105 are still identified in the records of Rabat Museum. Chatelain, the original excavator, listed 114 coins in the find, including two coins of Juba II, one of Nero, one of Galba, nineteen of Vespasian, seven of Titus, twenty-three of Domitian, three of Nerva, forty-eight of Trajan and ten of Hadrian. However it is clear that Chatelain misidentified two of the Republican denarii as coins of Juba II. The next publication of the hoard, by Ruhlmann, came in 1933. This list largely agrees with the records kept by Rabat Museum, but includes ten extra coins, taking the total up to 115, which must now be regarded as lost. The missing coins listed by Ruhlmann are as follows: one Republican denarius, one denarius of Vespasian, two denarii of Domitian, five denarii of Trajan and one Hadrianic denarius. There are no further details concerning the types of these coins, because Ruhlmann only published in detail the nine latest specimens from the find. The whole hoard was contained in a hollow bracelet and was probably buried circa 122.
