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LARISSA

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Location

City

Larissa

Address

corner of Epeirou and Roosevelt streets

County

Lárisa

Region

Thessaly

Country

Greece

Ancient place

Larissa

Lat/Long/Alt

39.6342 / 22.4176 / 85.58 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

ID

6747

Permalink

https://129.67.241.168/hoard/6747

Hoard name

LARISSA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

15 Jan 1992

Total number of coins

368

Summary

The hoard was found in a ceramic vessel and comprised 368 coins including denarii and sestertii from Trajan to Marcus Aurelius and Provincial bronzes of the Koinon of Thessaly from Marcus Aurelius to Maximinus I. It was accompanied by some pieces of gold jewellery.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

1.7
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Éphorie des antiquités préhistoriques et classiques de Larissa
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (earliest)

235
Closing reign (latest)

Maximinus I Thrax
Terminal year (latest)

238
Opening year (earliest)

103
Opening year (latest)

111
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The hoard was found in an 'uncoated pot.'

Objects belonging to this hoard

Jewellery
Items of gold jewellery were found. No further information is given about the type or number of pieces.

References

Touratsoglou, I. P. - 2006 - Greece and the Balkans before the End of Antiquity

Ref

pp. 131-2 (cat.) and p. 175, no. 12

Reference

Spoerri Butcher, M. and Casoli, A. - 2012 - Un trésor d'antoniniens trouvé à Érétrie (Eubée) en 2011 : Questions de circulation monétaire en Grèce au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.

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p. 138, no. 1

Data collected by Sophia Kremydi – Athena Iakovidou, uploaded by J. Mairat (Nov. 2015). Updated by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2021).