SMYADOVO 1918

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Location

City

Smyadovo

Address

Kachitsa

County

Shumen

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Lat/Long/Alt

43.065 / 27.016 / 89.48 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

10424

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/10424

Hoard name

SMYADOVO 1918

Alternative names

Смядово I; Smedovo

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1918

Total number of coins

520

Summary

520 imperial and provincial bronze coins: Trajan - Philip I (AD 244-249). The bulk of the coins consists in issues of Marcianopolis (249+ ex.), followed by coins from Odessus, Tomis, Anchialus, Mesembria, Dionysopolis and Bizya.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria (450 coins)
Comment

Found during ploughing.
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

References

Reference

Mouchmoff, N. A. - 1922 - Une trouvaille de monnaies de la Mésie Inférieure et de la Thrace

Comment

Publication of the 450 coins in the Sofia museum, with brief detail on the 12 imperial coins and full catalogue of the 438 roman provincial coins. The author mentions that the total size of the hoard is unknown, as coins were dispersed.

Reference

Moushmov, N. - 1922 - Trésors de monnaies trouvées en Bulgarie pendant 1921-1922

Ref

58-172

Reference

Moushmov, N. - 1923 - Edna nahodka na moneti ot Miziya i Trakiya

Ref

351-364

Reference

Moushmov, N.A. - 1931 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

85-95