KELLIA 1977

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Location

City

al-Muna

County

Giza

Region

Country

Egypt

Ancient place

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

Lat/Long/Alt

30.776003 / 30.368868 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

19283

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/19283

Hoard name

KELLIA 1977

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1977

Total number of coins

202

Summary

A hoard of 202 late Roman bronze coins (c. AD 270 - 4th/5th century AD), found during the excavations at Kellia, a Christian monastic community, 40 miles south of Alexandria.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcian
Terminal year (earliest)

450
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

286
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Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

Mintmarks are mostly illegible, but reverse types are available for the legible coins.
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Kellia was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometres in the Nitrian Desert about 40 miles south of Alexandria. The hoard was found in courtyard 113.
Site class

Rural

Context

House

Depositional context

Courtyard

References

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

pp. 222-227

Reference

King, C. E. - 2013 - The coins

Ref

263-266 and 297-302 (cat.)

M. Spoerri (July 2022). Coin-level info prepared for import by J. Smith (Dec. 2022), based on the publication by King.

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