ALLIANOI

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Location

City

Paşaköy / Pașa Ilicasi

County

Izmir

Region

Aegean

Country

Turkey

Lat/Long/Alt

39.233838710658 / 27.305578936279 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Located circa 18 km north-east of Pergamon. On the regional road Bergama-Ivrindi. Submersed after the construction of the Yortanh dam in 2010.

Information

20047

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/20047

Hoard name

ALLIANOI

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2003

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard consists of 73 coins found with a patera: 5 imperial denarii, 6 antoniniani (radiates), 62 Roman provincial bronzes: Trajan - Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-253). Most of the provincial coins presents early 3rd century AD countermarks.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (earliest)

251
Closing reign (latest)

Trebonianus Gallus
Terminal year (latest)

253
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

Ancient Roman resort town. The hoard was found in the north area, on the second floor level of the spa complex. The coins were inside a inside a patera, and sealed by the rubble of the collapsed third floor.
Site class

Urban

Context

Bath house

Depositional context

Floor

Containers belonging to this hoard

Patera

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References

Reference

Yaraş, A. and Lenger, D.S. - 2013 - Un ripostiglio di meta terzo secolo d.c. rinvenuto ad Allianoi in Mysia

Ref

271-289

Reference

Bland, R. - 2023 - The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea

Ref

p. 468, Hoard E

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2022). Bibliography updated, M. Spoerri (June 2024).

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