GÎRLA MARE

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Location

City

Gârla Mare

County

Mehedinți

Region

Muntenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

44.221 / 22.75 / 68 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Near a Roman settlement

Information

2612

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2612

Hoard name

GÎRLA MARE

Alternative names

GÂRLA MARE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1966

Total number of coins

320

Summary

320 D: Mark Antony - Commodus (AD 180): Discovered in an onion field after it had been ploughed. The finder carefully collected the coins together, but discarded fragments of the pottery container. Found whilst harvesting onions in a field in the north-western part of the village, next to the road leading to Gruia.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Alexandra Cioabă
Comment

Summary and catalogue totals do not match. Check catalogue to ensure full hoard entered.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

179
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

180
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Few traces of Roman settlement have been found in the vicinity of the hoard findspot. Several 100 metres south of the findspot, a scatter of Roman pottery sherds have been located which may be related to the coin hoard.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Fragments of a 'clay pot' were found in association with the coins.

References

Reference

Preda, C. - 1974 - Tezaurul monetar din epica romană descoperit la Gârla Mare (Jud. Mehedinţi)

Ref

67-91

Reference

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

Ref

162-165, no. 104

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_GÎRLA MARE

W. E. Metcalf dataset (2014); updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

GÎRLA MARE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Fragments of a 'clay pot' were found in association with the coins.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

GÎRLA MARE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Fragments of a 'clay pot' were found in association with the coins.

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