KARANIS 1925, HOARD 3

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Location

City

Kom Aushim [كوم أوشيم]

County

Region

Faiyum [الفيوم]

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Karanis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karanis

Lat/Long/Alt

29.51973 / 30.90194 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

18826

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/18826

Hoard name

KARANIS 1925, HOARD 3

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1925

(to)

1925

Total number of coins

582

Summary

A hoard of 582 late Roman coins, found in room D of house 113 during excavations of the University of Michigan Expedition at Kom Aushim-Karanis in 1925. The hoard comprised 2 barbarous imitation of radiates, 355 late Roman imperial coins, and 225 cast imitations.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Desert
Finder(s)

University of Michigan Expedition at Kom Aushim - Karanis
Closing reign (earliest)

Valentinian III
Terminal year (earliest)

455
Closing reign (latest)

Valentinian III
Terminal year (latest)

455
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

270
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1925
Date of excavation (to)

1925
Site class

Urban

Context

House, Room

Containers belonging to this hoard

Water pitcher

The pitcher was closed with a plug made of palm fibres.

References

Reference

Milne, J.G. and Hayter A.G.K. - 1933 - Three coin hoards

Ref

74-84

Reference

Haatvedt, R. A., Peterson, E. E. and Husselman, E. M. - 1964 - Coins from Karanis : the University of Michigan excavations, 1924-1935

Ref

p. 14, hoard 3

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 13 (p. 354)

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

276-287

Reference

Noeske, H.-C. - 2006 - Münzfunde aus Ägypten II. Die griechisch-römischen Münzfunde aus dem Fayum

Ref

277

Irene Soto Marín dataset (coin-level info). Bibliography added by M. Spoerri (May 2022). Coin-level info prepared for import by J. Smith, imported by M. Spoerri (August 2022). Hoard-level info added by J. Smith (Nov. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

KARANIS 1925, HOARD 3

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Water pitcher

The pitcher was closed with a plug made of palm fibres.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

KARANIS 1925, HOARD 3

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Water pitcher

The pitcher was closed with a plug made of palm fibres.

References

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Coin Hoards
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