BARES 1942

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Location

City

Bares

County

La Coruña

Region

Galicia

Country

Spain

Lat/Long/Alt

43.7724 / -7.6692 / 9.7 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

3148

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3148

Hoard name

BARES 1942

Alternative names

BARES I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jun 1942

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard comprised 50 to 60 'copper or bronze coins' found with a ceramic vessel. The better preserved pieces included sestertii of Valerian I and Salonina.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

0.45
Land Use

Coastland
Closing reign (earliest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (earliest)

253
Closing reign (latest)

Valerian I and Gallienus
Terminal year (latest)

260
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard was found under a layer of sand 45cm deep at the breakwater of the harbour. It was concealed within a ceramic pot covered with a stone slab.
Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered with a slab.

References

Reference

Balil, A. - 1957 - Las invasiones germánicas en Hispania durante la segunda mitad del siglo III d. de J.C.

Ref

128; no. 73

Reference

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

Reference

Martínez Mira, I. - 1995 - Tesorillos del s. III d.C. en la Península Ibérica (I)

Ref

131-132; no. 31

Reference

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

Ref

no. 238

Reference

Martínez Chico, D. - 2020 - Los tesoros imperiales de Hispania

Ref

259

Comment

Under the category "Very uncertain"?

P. Walton (2014); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015) and revised David Martínez Chico (17/07/2018). Updated by C. Gazdac (Dec. 2020).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BARES 1942

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered with a slab.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BARES 1942

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Covered with a slab.

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire