DENDARA 1898 C

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Location

City

Dendera

County

Region

Qena [قنا]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Tentyra / Dendara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendera

Lat/Long/Alt

26.141775 / 32.6700972222 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

18687

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/18687

Hoard name

DENDARA 1898 C

Alternative names

DENDARA 2 (1898)

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1898

Total number of coins

2079

Summary

A hoard of 2079 nummi found in a small jar. The coins run from Constantine I to Arcadius and Honorius. 978 of them were illegible.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Desert
Disposition

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL (at least part)
Finder(s)

Egyptian Exploration Fund
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

423
Opening year (earliest)

306
Opening year (latest)

328
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1898
Date of excavation (to)

1898
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Petrie, W. M. Flinders - 1900 - Dendereh, 1898

Ref

36ff

Reference

Ford, M. - 2000 - The coin hoards of late Roman/early Byzantine Egypt from the reform of Diocletianus to the reform of Anastasius, AD 294-491

Ref

AE 45 (p. 363)

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2000 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten I: die Münzfunde des ägyptischen Pilgerzentrums Abu Mina und die Vergleichsfunde aus den Diocesen Aegyptus und Oriens vom 4.-8. Jh. n. Chr.

Ref

386-388

Irene Soto Marín dataset. Hoard data and coins entered by J. Smith (Apr. 2022), based on Noeske 2000.

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