BELIGNA

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Location

City

Aquileia

County

Region

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Country

Italy

Ancient place

Aquileia

Lat/Long/Alt

45.7542 / 13.3804 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

According to the finder, the findspot was located east of the modern road leading to the town of Grado in an area konwn as "Beligna".

Information

16204

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/16204

Hoard name

BELIGNA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1959

(to)

1965

Total number of coins

Summary

21 nummi minted in Thessalonica in AD 319 except for one brockage specimen, possibly struck in Ticinum/Aquileia in the early 20s of the 4th century.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Aquileia, Archaeological National Museum
Comment

The content of the hoard was acquired in the early 60s by Luisa Bertacchi, head of the Museum between 1959 and 1989.
Closing reign (earliest)

Licinius I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

320
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

324
Opening year (earliest)

319
Opening year (latest)

319
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The area kown as "Beligna" was one of the major burial sites in Aquileia between the end of the 1st and the 5th century AD. In respect to this, no evidence are available to reconnect the hoard to a grave find.

Containers belonging to this hoard

Made of perishable material

Coins were originally stacked togheter.

References

Reference

Stella, A. - 2019 - Aquileia tardoantica: moneta, storia ed economia

Ref

57-61 and cat. ns. 3/B/1-21

Reference

Stella, A. - 2020 - Constantine the Great and Aquileia: a new hoard evidence

Ref

453-460

Uploaded by A. Stella (dec. 2019); updated by A. Stella (feb. 2020).

Coin Hoards
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BELIGNA

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Made of perishable material

Coins were originally stacked togheter.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BELIGNA

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Made of perishable material

Coins were originally stacked togheter.

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Coin Hoards
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