FELSÖTENGELIC

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City

Tengelic

County

Tolna

Region

Southern Transdanubia [Dél-Dunántúl]

Country

Hungary

Lat/Long/Alt

46.527 / 18.711 / 125.37 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

2826

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Hoard name

FELSÖTENGELIC

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1967

Total number of coins

1089

Summary

1089 silver coins: 14 denarii, 1076 antoniniani: Antoninus Pius - Valerian I (AD 259)

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.6m
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

In the autumn of 1967, deep ploughing near Felsőtengelic brought to the surface numerous Roman coins. With the permission of the National Museum of Hungary, the Balogh Adam Museum undertook a metal detector survey of the area and recovered several more coins. In 1968, an excavation of the findspot uncovered a large grey-ware urn which contained a further 782 coins in what appeared to be a Roman villa building.
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

259
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

261
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
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Site comment

Excavations at the site after the discovery of the hoard suggest the presence of a Roman villa (Albeker & Biro-Sey 1970, 13) Traces of walls and fragments of wall paintings were found, which led to the conclusion that it was a Roman villa.
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa