SIZZANO

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Location

City

Sizzano

County

Novara

Region

Piemonte

Country

Italy

Lat/Long/Alt

45.577341 / 8.437356 / 226 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

13925

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Hoard name

SIZZANO

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Total number of coins

Summary

Hoard of silver and bronze coins found in two ceramic vessels. Deliberate selection of good metal? One of the vessel contained good looking silver antoniniani (radiates), the other bronze antoniniani (radiates) all of Gallienus except one Salonina and one Hostilianus: Gordian III- Valerian I and Gallienus/Gallienus (sole) (AD 253-268).

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Local
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Gallienus (sole)
Terminal year (latest)

268
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

20 cm diameter on the body. 10 cm diameter at the bottom. Narrow neck. Contained bronze coins. (Still antoniniani (radiates) - all of Gallienus,1 Salonina, 1 Hostilian.)

Jar

Straight walls. Contained silver and billon coins

References

Reference

Fiorelli, G. - 1888 - Notizie degli scavi

Ref

386

Comment

pdf under web link

Reference

Arslan, E.A. - 1996 - Il ripostiglio di Biassono (Milano) 1975

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Reference

Crisafulli C. - 2008 - Economia monetaria in Italia alla vigilia del IV sec. d.C. Il ruolo dell'antoniniano e dei suoi omologhi gallici alla luce delle fonti numismatiche e storico-letterarie

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628

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SIZZANO

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

20 cm diameter on the body. 10 cm diameter at the bottom. Narrow neck. Contained bronze coins. (Still antoniniani (radiates) - all of Gallienus,1 Salonina, 1 Hostilian.)

Jar

Straight walls. Contained silver and billon coins

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SIZZANO

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

20 cm diameter on the body. 10 cm diameter at the bottom. Narrow neck. Contained bronze coins. (Still antoniniani (radiates) - all of Gallienus,1 Salonina, 1 Hostilian.)

Jar

Straight walls. Contained silver and billon coins

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire