SARMIZEGETUSA 1932

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Location

City

Sarmizegetusa

County

Hunedoara

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Lat/Long/Alt

45.513 / 22.786 / 506.71 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Very close to the west side of the forum of colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa.

Information

2593

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2593

Hoard name

SARMIZEGETUSA 1932

Alternative names

VLPIA TRAIANA SARMIZEGETVSA II; Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa II

Data type

Group of single finds

Date of discovery (from)

1932

Total number of coins

Summary

Seven bronze coins (asses): Trajan – Antoninus Pius (AD 140-144). The coins were placed in a cooking pot with lid together with seven clay lamps, type FORTIS.

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Credit

Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

0.80
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Town museum, Sarmizegetusa, Romania
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

155
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

156
Opening year (earliest)

103
Opening year (latest)

111
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Forum
Site class

Urban

Context

Forum

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with lid

Grey coarse. Lid with top button. H: 21 cm; Rim diameter: 15.5 cm; bottom diameter: 9.5 cm

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled

References

Reference

Floca, O. - 1935 - Considerațiuni asupra unor monete barbare-dace. O mică descoperire arheologică la Sarmizegetusa

Ref

17-22

Reference

Winkler, I. - 1974 - Descoperiri monetare în Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Ref

nos. 73, 88, 106, 91, 143

Reference

Găzdac, C., and Cociş, S. - 2004 - Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa

Ref

42, 82

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_VLPIA TRAIANA SARMIZEGETVSA III

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

Floca 1935, 18, fig. 1

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016; Oct. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SARMIZEGETUSA 1932

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with lid

Grey coarse. Lid with top button. H: 21 cm; Rim diameter: 15.5 cm; bottom diameter: 9.5 cm

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SARMIZEGETUSA 1932

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot with lid

Grey coarse. Lid with top button. H: 21 cm; Rim diameter: 15.5 cm; bottom diameter: 9.5 cm

Objects belonging to this hoard

Untitled

References

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Coin Hoards
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