STALINIRI

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Location

City

Tskhinvali [ცხინვალი]

County

Tskhinvali [ცხინვალი]

Region

South Ossetia

Country

Georgia

Ancient place

Tskhinvali

Lat/Long/Alt

42.220457 / 43.972818 / 862.1 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

16066

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/16066

Hoard name

STALINIRI

Alternative names

TSKHINVALI; ცხინვალი; Сталинири

Data type

Group of single finds

Date of discovery (from)

1939

Total number of coins

Summary

One barbarous imitation of a Roman gold coin found in a grave together with a denarius of Augustus coin of Caius and Lucius and a plausible drachm of Gotarzes II.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Railroad
Disposition

National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi
Comment

During the rail road construction Gori-Staliniri.
Closing reign (earliest)

Carinus
Terminal year (earliest)

283
Closing reign (latest)

Carinus
Terminal year (latest)

285
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

Fair

Site comment

The area around the present-day Tskhinvali was first populated back in the Bronze Age. The unearthed settlements and archaeological artifacts from that time are unique as they reflect influences from both Iberian (east Georgia) and Colchian (west Georgia) cultures with possible Sarmatian elements.
Site class

Rural

Context

Burial

Depositional context

Grave