GIGEN 1928

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Location

City

Gigen [Гиген]

County

Pleven [Плевен]

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Ancient place

Col. Ulpia Oescensium

Lat/Long/Alt

43.709 / 24.477 / 25.52 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Found while plowing a field in the locality/at the spot called "Pyasuka", circa 5 km eastward of the ancient site of Oescus (Colonia Ulpia Oescensium).

Information

2674

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2674

Hoard name

GIGEN 1928

Alternative names

OESCVS 1; OESCUS 1; GIGEN 2; Гиген

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

26 Mar 1928

Total number of coins

Summary

(circa 400) 22 denarii: 2 republican, 20 imperial: Republic - Trajan (AD 105-107)

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan
Terminal year (earliest)

105
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan
Terminal year (latest)

107
Opening year (earliest)

-55
Opening year (latest)

-55
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found in a ceramic vessel covered by a tile.
Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered by a tile

References

Reference

Moushmov, N. - 1929 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

382-383

Reference

Gerov, B. - 1977 - Die Einfälle der Nordvölker in den Ostbalkanraum im Lichte der Münzschatzfunde. I. Das 2. und 3. Jahrhundert (101-284)

Ref

400; no. 7

Reference

Paunov, E. and Prokopov, I. - 2002 - An Inventory of Roman Republican Coin Hoards and coins from Bulgaria (IRRCHBulg)

Ref

50-51; no. 78

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Moesia Inferior_OESCVS I = GIGEN

Reference

Paunov, E. - 2013 - From koine to romanitas: the numismatic evidence for roman expansion and settlement in Bulgaria in Antiquity (Moesia and Thrace, ca. 146 BC – AD 98/117)

Ref

no. 13/124

Varbanov dataset (2017); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.; Oct. 2017; July 2021).

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GIGEN 1928

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered by a tile

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GIGEN 1928

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered by a tile

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