KARDAM

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Location

City

Kardam

County

Targovishte

Region

Country

Bulgaria

Lat/Long/Alt

43.377 / 26.282 / 175.85 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

3287

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3287

Hoard name

KARDAM

Alternative names

HAJDAR; Кардам; Хайдар

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1928

Total number of coins

162

Summary

(200) 162 silver coins: denarii, antoniniani: Antoninus Pius - Trajan Decius (AD 249-251); silver weight: c.251.5-548.5 g. Found together with two bronze bracelets.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Comment

While ploughing.
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

249
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

251
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found in aceramic vessel together with two bronze bracelets.
Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Two bronze bracelets

References

Reference

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

Ref

384

Reference

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

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166; no. 236

Reference

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

Ref

116

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

547

Reference

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

Ref

no. 377

Reference

Varbanov, V. - 2009 - Kolektivni monetni nahodki ot II-III vek ot Targovishtka oblast. Izvestiya na Istoricheski muzey

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Reference

GĂZDAC 2010

Comment

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

Reference

Dimitrov, D. and Varbanov, V. - 2017 - Nahodka ot denari i antoniniani ot s. Kardam, Targovishtko

Ref

486-519

I. Bonchev dataset (2014); V. Varbanov dataset (2017); updated by C. Gazdac (Aug.; Nov. 2017).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

KARDAM

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Two bronze bracelets

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

KARDAM

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Two bronze bracelets

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