HAWARA 6 (1920)

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Location

City

Hawwārat al Maqţa

County

Region

Faiyum [الفيوم]

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

18834

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/18834

Hoard name

HAWARA 6 (1920)

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1888

Total number of coins

3119

Summary

A hoard of 3,119 mostly late Roman coins, found in the necropolis of Hawara during the excavations of W.M. Flinders Petrie in 1888 and interpreted as a funeral offering by Flinders Petrie. First published in 1920. The hoard comprised 2 Greek coins, 2 Roman provincial coins, 2245 late Roman imperial coins, 3 small lead disks, and 870 cast imitations.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Desert
Disposition

British museum (part)
Finder(s)

W.M. Flinders Petrie
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

423
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

423
Opening year (earliest)

-175
Opening year (latest)

-164
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1888
Site class

Urban

Context

Cemetery

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

References

Reference

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

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Reference

Milne, J.G. - 1920 - Two Roman hoards of coins from Egypt

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p. 172-181

Comment

Hoard B

Reference

Milne J. G. - 1926 - The currency of Egypt in the fifth century

Ref

43-92

Comment

'Hawara 6'

Reference

Schubert, H. - 1984 - Studien zum spätrömischen Münzumlauf in Ägypten, 1. Folles- und Aes-Schätze aus dem 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Ref

128-130 (hoard Y)

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 26 (p. 358)

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.

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293-316

Comment

with detailed coin list based on Milne 1920.

Reference

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

Ref

293-294

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

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