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BUMBEŞTI-JIU 1972

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Location

City

Bumbești-Jiu

County

Gorj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Ancient place

Bumbeşti

Lat/Long/Alt

45.1762 / 23.3806 / 284.24 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Auxiliary fort, N-E corner

Information

ID

2644

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2644

Hoard name

BUMBEŞTI-JIU 1972

Alternative names

BUMBEŞTI-JIU 1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1972

Total number of coins

195

Summary

195 silver coins: 102 denarii, 93 antoniniani: Commodus - Philip (AD 246); silver weight: 232.3-420.8 g.

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Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.50
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

County Museum Gorj, Tg. Jiu, Romania; Ion Luben collection, Bucharest (3 coins)
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

246
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

246
Opening year (earliest)

180
Opening year (latest)

195

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Circa 40 m from the north-est corner of the fort. At -0.50 m.
Site class

Military

Context

Fort

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Covered by a stone

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch
Brooches. No further description

Brooch spring

Bracelet
Bracelets. No further information.

Chain
Fragment of a chain

References

Gheorghe, O. and Gheorghe, P. - 1977 - O.Gheorghe/P. Gheorghe, Tezaurul de la Bumbeşti-Jiu

Ref

9-14

Reference

Petolescu, C.M. - 1990 - Repertoriul numismatic al judeţul Gorj

Ref

46

Reference

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

Reference

Suciu, V. - 2000 - Tezaure monetare din Dacia romană și postromană

Ref

31; no. 34

Reference

Găzdac, C. - 2002 - Monetary circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 306-337)

Ref

485

Reference

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

Ref

no. 268

Reference

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

Ref

84-85; no. 37

Reference

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_BUMBEȘTI-JIU

Updated by Cristian Gazdac (Aug. 2016; Jun. 2017).