HAWARA 2 (1938)

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Location

City

Hawwārat al Maqţa

County

Faiyum

Region

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

Haueris / Hawara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawara

Lat/Long/Alt

29.253514 / 30.895832 / 27 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

18831

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/18831

Hoard name

HAWARA 2 (1938)

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1888

Total number of coins

Summary

43 coins (Constantine I - Zeno, including one cast imitation), found in the necropolis of Hawara during the excavations of W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1888, in a small leather bag and interpreted as a funeral offering by Flinders Petrie. First published in 1938.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Desert
Finder(s)

W.M. Flinders Petrie
Closing reign (earliest)

Zeno
Terminal year (earliest)

476
Closing reign (latest)

Zeno
Terminal year (latest)

477
Opening year (earliest)

324
Opening year (latest)

336
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Only some coin-level references.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1888
Date of excavation (to)

1888
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Cemetery

Period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather Bag

References

Reference

Petrie, W. M. F. - 1889 - Hawara, Biahmu, and Arsinoe

Ref

p. 13, no. 2

Reference

Pearce, J. W. E. - 1938 - More late AEs from Egypt

Ref

p. 118ff., no. 2

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 35 (p. 361)

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

335-336

Comment

LRBC references given for coin level data.

Reference

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

Ref

295-296

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

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HAWARA 2 (1938)

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather Bag

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HAWARA 2 (1938)

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Leather Bag

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