CRISTEŞTI 1963

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Location

City

Cristești

County

Mureș

Region

Transylvania

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Cristeşti

Lat/Long/Alt

46.502 / 24.486 / 300 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Roman settlement and fort.

Information

2633

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2633

Hoard name

CRISTEŞTI 1963

Alternative names

CRISTEŞTI I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 Sep 1963

Total number of coins

118

Summary

(c. 150) 118 silver coins: 108 denarii, 10 antoniniani (radiates): Marcus Aurelius - Gordian III (AD 243-244); silver weight: c.188.8-387.2 g.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

County Museum Târgu Mureș, Romania
Comment

During the construction works for the chemical fertilizer factory. The coins were found as a compact oxide bulk
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

243
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

161
Opening year (latest)

180
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

At the N-E limits.
Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

References

Reference

Protase, D. and Zrinyi, A. - 1965 - Tezaurul de monete romane imperiale de la Cristeşti de Mureş

Ref

257-268

Reference

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

Ref

no. 294

Reference

Depeyrot, G. and Moisil, D. - 2008 - Les trésors de deniers et d'antoniniens de Gordien III à Aurélien en Roumanie

Ref

22-23; no. 9

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_CRISTEȘTI II

Richard Hobbs dataset (2014); Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016). Coin-level data provided by M. Ball (Jan. 22)

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