BELCINU

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Location

City

Belcinu

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

44.1246 / 23.8116 / 103.88 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The orchard is located on the south bank of the creek Vistieria.

Information

2594

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2594

Hoard name

BELCINU

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Mar 1976

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised an unknown number of coins of which 24 denarii, including 11 Republican issues and 13 imperial issues from Vitellius to Antoninus Pius were recorded.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Orchard
Disposition

Muzeul Olteniei, Craiova, Romania; inv.no. 12744
Finder(s)

Firu, Ion
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

141
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

141
Opening year (earliest)

-49
Opening year (latest)

-48
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Broken at the time of discovery.

References

Reference

Popilian, Gh. - 1982 - Două tezaure de monede romane descoperite în Oltenia

Ref

121-123

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers de Trajan à Balbin en Roumanie

Ref

90; no. 52

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_BELCINU

Gazdac dataset (2015); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.2016); edited P.Walton (16.8.16). Coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Dec. 21).

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BELCINU

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Broken at the time of discovery.

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BELCINU

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Broken at the time of discovery.

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