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SĂLCUȚA

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Location

City

Sălcuța

County

Bistrița-Năsăud

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

46.91130894704 / 24.2973342646 / 0 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The place is located approximately 1 km SW of the village of Sălcuţa on a pasture field

Information

ID

21102

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21102

Hoard name

SĂLCUȚA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

13 Jun 2022

Total number of coins

588

Summary

The hoard from Sălcuţa consists of 589 coins and one brooch with a total weight 1,613.37kg. The structure of coins indicates 540 drachms of Dyrrhachium, 2 hybrid coins of Dyrrachium drachms, 1 copy, 9 cast copies of Dyrrhachium drachms, 34 barbarous imitations prototype Dyrrachium, 1 copy of Apollonia type, 1 barbarous prototype Apollonia and … 1 Roman sestertius of the type ‘Provincia Dacia’ of Philip I (AD 247-248)

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Discovery depth (m)

0.45-0.50
Land Use

Grassland, Heathland
Disposition

Muzeum Complex, Bistrița, Romania
Finder(s)

Lakatos Attila
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

247
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

248
Opening year (earliest)

-120
Opening year (latest)

-70
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch
Knee brooch, copper core and tinned plate The bow is bent in right angle. The spring is inserted in a semicylindrical case. The bow is rectangular. The body presents two ornaments. Rectangular catch-plate. Type Cociș 19a7b

References

Găzdac, C. and Marinescu, G.G. - 2024 - The curse of hoarding. The Sălcuța hoard

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Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2024).