BÂRCA 1963

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Location

City

Bârca

County

Dolj

Region

Oltenia

Country

Romania

Lat/Long/Alt

43.97 / 23.61 / 39.05 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Find spot comment

Found at the spot ”La carieră” (”At the stone quarry”)

Information

2656

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2656

Hoard name

BÂRCA 1963

Alternative names

BÎRCA IV

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1963

Total number of coins

127

Summary

The hoard comprises 127 silver coins, denarii and antoniniani (radiates) from Commodus to Trajan Decius with a top of AD 250-251.

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Archaeological context
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Objects
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Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Comment

The hoard was found in a quarry.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

250
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

188
Opening year (latest)

189
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1963
Date of excavation (to)

1963
Site comment

At the spot ”La carieră” (”At the stone quarry”)
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Quarry

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Vessel made of grey ceramic, 10 cm height. Covered by another small fragmentary vessel

References

Reference

Tudor, D. - 1968 - Oltenia romană

Ref

125

Reference

Petolescu, C.M. - 1990 - Al patrulea tezaur monetar decoperit la Bârca (jud. Dolj)

Ref

17-34

Reference

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

Ref

136-138; no. 69

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Dacia_BÂRCA IV

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

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1963

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Vessel made of grey ceramic, 10 cm height. Covered by another small fragmentary vessel

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BÂRCA 1963

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Vessel made of grey ceramic, 10 cm height. Covered by another small fragmentary vessel

References

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Coin Hoards
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