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LUJERDIU

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Location

City

Lujerdiu

County

Cluj

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

46.9831 / 23.7274 / 430.14 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

On the Roman road Napoca - Gherla - Căşei (Chirilă, 405). Found at the spot ”La Spini” (”At the Thorns”), 2 km NNE from the village.

Information

ID

2615

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2615

Hoard name

LUJERDIU

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

28 Nov 1956

Total number of coins

278

Summary

278 denarii found with an small amphora: Trajan - Septimius Severus (AD 194-195).

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Discovery method

Fieldwalking
Discovery depth (m)

0.10
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

National History Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca; Town Museum Gherla (20 coins), Romania
Finder(s)

Two villagers
Comment

2 km NNE from the village of Lujerdiu, in the woods
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

194
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

195
Opening year (earliest)

101
Opening year (latest)

102
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Amphora

Height: 30 cm; Diameter max. 15 cm; Mouth diameter: 4 cm. Walls thickness: 08-0.10 cm. It is made of fine paste of red-brown colour covered with a red slip. Lost its handles in antiquity. Dating: 2nd century AD

References

Reference

Chirilă, E. - 1960 - Tezaurul de monede romane imperiale de la Lujerdiu (r. Gherla, reg. Cluj)

Ref

405-431

Reference

Guest, P. - 1994 - A Comparative Study of Coin Hoards from the Western Roman Empire

Reference

Ionescu, C. - 1997 - Le trésor de monnaies romaines impériales de Lujerdiu (dép. De Cluj) - Réétudié

Ref

129-165

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

155

Comment

no. 64

Reference

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

Ref

218-221; no. 148

Reference

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_LUJERDIU

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