SEPIETI

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Location

City

Sepieti [სეფიტი]

County

Abasha [აბაშა]

Region

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti [სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი]

Country

Georgia

Lat/Long/Alt

42.2888 / 42.2344 / 50.93 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

On the Abasha River.

Information

5333

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Hoard name

SEPIETI

Alternative names

სეფიტი; Сепиети

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1931

Total number of coins

417

Summary

417 silver coins discovered with a ceramic vessel: 407 Roman denarii up to Severus Alexander, and 10 drachms of Caesarea in Cappadocia, up to Caracalla.

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Finder(s)

collected by S. I. Makalatija.
Comment

Find on the river Abashi by a teacher.
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

222
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

235
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

Reference

Pachomov, E.A./ Пахомов, Е. А. - 1938 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа II [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

p. 14, no. 349.

Reference

Pachomov, E.A./ Пахомов, Е. А. - 1940 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа III [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

no. 785

Reference

Ref

p. 30, no. 785

Reference

Zograf A. N. / Зограф, А. Н. , - 1945 - Находки античных монет на Кавказе [Finds of ancient coins in the Caucasus]

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p. 74-75 no. 158 ; p. 78-79, no. 179 & p. 80-81, no. 184.

Reference

Pachomov E. A. / Пахомов, Е. А. - 1949 - - 1949 - Монетные клады Азербайджана и других республик, краев и областей Кавказа. Вып. V. [Coin hoards of Azerbaijan and other republics, territories and regions of the Caucasus]

Ref

52-53

Reference

Golenko, K.V. - 1964 - Denežnoe obraščenie Kolchidy v rimskoe vremja. (Russ.) [Der Geldverkehr in Kolchis in römischer Zeit.]

Ref

p. 69, no. 27; p. 82-83, no. 67

Reference

Dundua, G. F. - 1979 - Monetnye klady Gruzii. Klady rimskich monet iz ss. Ėki i Sepieti.

Comment

Publication of the hoard

Reference

Bland, R. - 1996 - The Bronze Coinage of Gordian III from Caesarea in Cappadocia

Ref

p. 65 (g)

Comment

ref. only, ment. 12 Cappadocian drachms and 365 denarii.

Reference

Kropotkin, V. V. and Depeyrot, G. - 2005 - Les trouvailles de monnaies romaines en U.R.S.S.

Ref

264, no. 1651

Reference

Tsotselia, M. and Depeyrot, G. - 2010 - Coin finds in Georgia (6th century BC - 15th century AD)

Ref

102, no. 594

Reference

Šurbaniska, M. and Jakimovski, A. - 2010 - Forum romanum Stobis. Arheološka i turistička valorizacija na rimskiot grad Stobi, 2007-2008 = Forum romanum Stobis II. Archaeological and tourist valuation of the roman town of Stobi, 2007-2008

Ref

p. 173, no. 674

Comment

Kropotkin, Topographia,

W.E. Metcalf dataset (coin level data for denarii of Septimius Severus). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2019). Updated by A. Kéfélian (Jan. 20220). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022).

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

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SEPIETI

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

mentioned in Zograph 1945, no. 158.

References

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