MTSKHETA – BAGINETI 1946 2

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Location

City

Mtskheta [მცხეთა]

County

Mtskheta [მცხეთა]

Region

Mtskheta-Mtianeti [მცხეთა-მთიანეთი]

Country

Georgia

Ancient place

Meschistha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtskheta

Lat/Long/Alt

41.838785 / 44.709436 / 455 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

16042

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/16042

Hoard name

MTSKHETA – BAGINETI 1946 2

Data type

Group of single finds

Date of discovery (from)

22 Sep 1946

Total number of coins

Summary

Four gold coins found in a stone sarcophagus during excavations: Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian 2. Together were found four denarii: Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian, Faustina I. Together were found gold and silver jewellery, vessels, glass objects.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Comment

During archaeological excavations. In a stone sarcophagus
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

138
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

-27
Opening year (latest)

14
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1946
Date of excavation (to)

1946
Associated features

Stone sarcophagus
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Context

Burial

Depositional context

Grave

Objects belonging to this hoard

Gold and silver jewelry

Vessels

Glass artefacts

References

Reference

Pachomov E. A. / Пахомов, Е. А. - 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

no. 1414

Reference

Kapanadze D. G - 1955 - Монетные находки Мцхетской экспедиции (1937–1948 и 1951 гг.)

Ref

p. 163, no. 1

Reference

Kropotkin, V.V. - 1961 - Клады римских монет на территории СССР [Klady rimskikh monet na territorii SSSR = Hoards of Roman coins on the territory of the USSR]

Ref

p. 107, no. 1626

Reference

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

Ref

261, no. 1628

Reference

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

Ref

92, no. 556

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2019). Imported from CSV by Dr Cristian Gazdac. Coin data and reference updated by A. Kéfélian (Febr. 2022). Coin data completed by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022).

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MTSKHETA – BAGINETI 1946 2

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Vessels

Glass artefacts

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