DESA 1988

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Location

City

DESA

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Desa

Lat/Long/Alt

43.8696 / 23.0309 / 33.31 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

2614

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2614

Hoard name

DESA 1988

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1988

Total number of coins

222

Summary

Originally, 222 coins. 133 denarii are documented: Nero - Commodus (AD 185).

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Iron Gates Museum, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania (122 coins); inv.no. 562-683; private collection, Bucharest, Romania. (11 coins)
Comment

Unknown date of discovery. Confiscated by police and entered museum collection in 1988.
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

185
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

185
Opening year (earliest)

66
Opening year (latest)

67
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Auxiliary fort and vicus.
Site class

Rural

Context

Vicus

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Popescu, A. - 1996 - Denari romani imperiali din tezaurul găsit la Desa, jud. Dolj

Ref

47-48

Reference

Stîngă, Ion. and Bălteanu, Dan - 2002 - Tezaurul de denari romani imperiali de la Desa (jud. Dolj) [Le trésor de deniers romains impériaux de desa (dép. de Dolj)]

Ref

113-119

Reference

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

Ref

156; no. 100

Comment

the lot of 11 denarii

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_DESA

Reference

Găzdac, C. and Neagoe, M. - 2020 - The Roman Imperial Hoard from Desa (Dolj County, Romania)

Updated by C. Gazdac (Apr. 2017); coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Dec. 21), corrected and completed by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (Feb. 2022).

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