GIGEN 1937

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Location

City

Gigen [Гиген]

County

Pleven [Плевен]

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Ancient place

Col. Ulpia Oescensium

Lat/Long/Alt

43.708 / 24.466 / 25.92 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Colonia Ulpia Oescensium

Information

2714

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Hoard name

GIGEN 1937

Alternative names

OESCVS 3; OESCUS 3; GIGEN 1; Гиген

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1937

Total number of coins

1000

Summary

(c. 1000) 88 silver coins (denarii and antoniniani): Antoninus Pius - Philip I (AD 244-249); silver weight: 1251.6-2848.4 g

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Gerasimov, T. - 1938 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

454

Reference

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

Ref

no. 124

Comment

(c. 1000 coins)

Reference

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

Reference

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

Ref

no. 339

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

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

Varbanov dataset (2017); information by E. Paunov; updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.; Oct. 2017; Ju;y 2021).

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