MONTORO

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Location

City

Montoro

Address

Calle Cervantes

County

Córdoba

Region

Andalucía

Country

Spain

Lat/Long/Alt

38.019144571628 / -4.3832435936153 / 221.5 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

17843

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/17843

Hoard name

MONTORO

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1976

Total number of coins

3762

Summary

3,762 coins found with an amphora: Gallienus - House of Theodosius I (AD 393-395).

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Discovery depth (m)

1.05
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba, Spain
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (latest)

395
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Found close to the base of a monument dedicated to the ancient doctor Galenus.
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Amphora

Reddish coarse H: 45 cm; Dmax: 25 cm; Dbottom: 12 cm

References

Reference

Mapelli, L. - 1977 - Tesoro de Montoro: 4000 bronces del siglo IV

Ref

38-42

Reference

Abad Varela, M.E. - 1989 - Circulación monetaria en la Hispania romana del siglo IV d.C.

Ref

no. 114

Reference

Cepeda Ocampo, J. J. - 1996 - Del Antoninianus al Nummus Centenionalis. Tesoros y depósitos monetarios en la Hispania tardorromana (260-423 d.C.)

Ref

no. 235

Reference

Gil Fernández, R. - 2001 - Depósitos, conjuntos y realidades monetarias de la Bética en el bajo imperio

Ref

255-379

Reference

Aguilar Pérez, F.J. - 2013 - El tesorillo de monedas hallado en Montoro en 1977

Reference

Martínez Chico, D. - 2020 - Los tesoros imperiales de Hispania

Ref

no. 380

URI 1

http://pasionpormontoro.blogspot.com/2013/11/el-tesorillo-de-monedas-hallado-en.html

URI 2

Comment

URI 1

http://pasionpormontoro.blogspot.com/2013/11/el-tesorillo-de-monedas-hallado-en.html

URI 2

Comment

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2021).

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MONTORO

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Amphora

Reddish coarse H: 45 cm; Dmax: 25 cm; Dbottom: 12 cm

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MONTORO

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Amphora

Reddish coarse H: 45 cm; Dmax: 25 cm; Dbottom: 12 cm

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