BERKOVITSA

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Location

City

Berkovitsa

County

Montana

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Lat/Long/Alt

43.235 / 23.126 / 413.97 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3155

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3155

Hoard name

BERKOVITSA

Alternative names

BERKOVICA; Берковица

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1941

Total number of coins

155

Summary

155 silver coins: Vespasian - Trajan Decius (AD 249-251); silver weight: 216.6-451.6 g.

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Rating
Archaeological context
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Objects
References
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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Buckle
Two buckles.

Ring
Two rings

Intaglio
Two intaglios

References

Reference

Gerasimov, T. - 1946 - Monetnite sakrovišta, namereni v Balgarija

Ref

235

Reference

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

Ref

164; no. 207

Reference

Fitz, J. - 1978 - Der Geldumlauf der römischen Provinzen im Donaugebiet Mitte des 3. Jahrhunderts

Ref

108-109

Reference

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

Reference

Găzdac, C. - 2002 - Monetary circulation in Dacia and the provinces from the Middle and Lower Danube from Trajan to Constantine I (AD 306-337)

Ref

545

Reference

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

Ref

no. 245

Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

GAZDAC 2010 CD-ROM/Catalogues/Hoards/Moesia Inferior_BERKOVITSA

Gazdac dataset (2015); Hobbs dataset (2015); Varbanov dataset (2017); uploaded by Jerome Mairat (Nov. 2015); P.Walton (23.6.16); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.; Sep. 2017).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BERKOVITSA

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Buckle
Two buckles.

Ring
Two rings

Intaglio
Two intaglios

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BERKOVITSA

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Buckle Two buckles.

Ring Two rings

Intaglio Two intaglios

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Buckle
Two buckles.

Ring
Two rings

Intaglio
Two intaglios