NINEVEH 1852

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Location

City

Mosul [الموصل‎]

County

Al-Hamdaniya District

Region

Nineveh

Country

Iraq

Ancient place

Nineveh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh#Later_history

Lat/Long/Alt

36.3619922856 / 43.1588553345 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

20619

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/20619

Hoard name

NINEVEH 1852

Alternative names

Kouyunjik; Kuyunjik

Data type

Single gold coin

Date of discovery (from)

1852

Total number of coins

Summary

An aureus of Tiberius, found in a Parthian-period burial in Nineveh, at Kouyunjik, one of the two mounds within the ancient walls of Nineveh. The sarcophagus also included a large assemblage of jewellery (gold mask, mouth and eye covers, two sets of earrings, two rings, a number of gold studs, a Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal, a gold impression of a coin of Trajan) and is believed to be the burial of a woman.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Disposition

British Museum
Finder(s)

British museum excavations
Comment

Given the presence of an impression of a coin of Trajan, the burial dates to the end of the first c./ early 2nd c. AD.
Closing reign (earliest)

Tiberius
Terminal year (earliest)

14
Closing reign (latest)

Tiberius
Terminal year (latest)

37
Opening year (earliest)

14
Opening year (latest)

37
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Urban

Context

Burial

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Reference

British Museum database

Ref

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1856-0909-77

References

Reference

Curtis, J. - 1976 - Parthian gold from Nineveh

Ref

p. 63, no. 21

M. Spoerri (Aug. 2023).

Coin Hoards
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NINEVEH 1852

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Mask
Gold mask

Mouth and eye covers

Earring
Two sets of earrings

Ring
Two rings

Gold stud
A number of gold studs

Seal
Neo-assyrian cylinder seal

Gold foil
Gold foil with an impression of a coin of Trajan

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