RÂMNICU VÂLCEA 1971

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Location

City

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Address

B-dul Tudor Vladimirescu

County

Vâlcea

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

45.106 / 24.37 / 236.71 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

The hoard was found 7 km south of the Roman civilian settlement of Stolniceni.

Information

2606

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2606

Hoard name

RÂMNICU VÂLCEA 1971

Alternative names

RÂMNICU VÂLCEA I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

4 May 1971

Total number of coins

Summary

23 denarii found with a money-box: Trajan - Marcus Aurelius (AD 175-176)

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

1.20-1.30
Land Use

In use as a building
Disposition

Muzeul de Istorie a Județului Vâlcea, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Finder(s)

Ion Costeanu and Mihai Popescu
Comment

Found during the digging of the foundation of the playhouse.
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

176
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

177
Opening year (earliest)

100
Opening year (latest)

100
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1971
Site comment

'fired layer 96'. The layer contained earth, ashes, coal, fired adobe, burnt animal bones, and more reddish shreds.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain structure

Depositional context

Destruction deposit

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Money box

H: 10-12cm Fine reddish coarse. Broken by one of the finders to retrieve the coin

References

Reference

Dumitraşcu, A. - 1996 - O puşculiţa cu denari romani imperiali descoperită la Râmnicu Vâlcea

Ref

95-103

Reference

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

Ref

130; no. 78

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_RÂMNICU VÂLCEA

Reference

Purece, S. - 2015 - Tezaure romane imperiale din colecția Muzeului Județean Vâlcea. Considerații cu privire la fenomenul tezaurizării în spațiul Olteniei romane

Ref

89-93

URI 1

URI 2

Comment

Findspot

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016; Jan. 2020). Coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Dec. 21)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

RÂMNICU VÂLCEA 1971

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Money box

H: 10-12cm Fine reddish coarse. Broken by one of the finders to retrieve the coin

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

RÂMNICU VÂLCEA 1971

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Money box

H: 10-12cm Fine reddish coarse. Broken by one of the finders to retrieve the coin

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